UET 3, 1781 (P138107)

Administrative tag excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130528

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak
 en: xxx
3. u3 kiszib3 ra-a sze sila-a gal2-la
 en: xxx
4. ma2-{d}nanna ka-guru7-ka
 en: xxx
reverse
1. i3-in-gal2
 en: xxx
2. e2 {d}nin-gal
 en: xxx
3. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul-ta
 en: xxx
4. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun-sze3
 en: xxx
5. mu-bi 4(disz)-am3
 en: xxx

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Amar-Suen.06.00.00 to Amar-Suen.09.00.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P138107

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 04044
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 130528
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 012086
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.130528
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1948-0423-428

References

  • primary: UET 3, 1781

    [Legrain1937UET3] Legrain, Léon. 1937. Business Documents of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Ur Excavations. Texts 3. London: The Trustees of the two museums.

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 130

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:23:25 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:49:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:47 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1781 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P138107.
UET 3, 1781 artifact entry (No. P138107). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P138107 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1781 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P138107 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {UET 3, 1781 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138107},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138107},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P138107
LB  - CDLI:P138107
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - UET 3, 1781 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138107
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 3, 1781 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P138107.
UET 3, 1781 artifact entry (No. P138107). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P138107 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1781 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P138107 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {UET 3, 1781 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138107},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138107},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P138107
LB  - CDLI:P138107
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - UET 3, 1781 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138107
ER  -
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