UET 9, 0087 (P138218)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM — ?

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [x] x A [...]
2'. [n] 1(ban2) 5(disz) lu2-{d}[nin]-hur-sag
3'. dumu ab-ba-x-[x]
4'. 4(ban2) lu2-giri17-zal#
5'. 4(ban2) {d}nanna-x
6'. ur-mes
7'. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sipa {d}nanna [...]
8'. dumu#? [x]-ga2-nun-na [x?]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. 1(ban2) 5(disz) suhusz-ki-in# [x] x
  blank space
2'. szunigin 5(disz) gurusz 2(ban2)#? sze 2(disz) sila3 i3-ta
3'. szunigin 1(disz) geme2 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3
4'. szunigin 4(disz) dumu 1(ban2) sze 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-ta#
5'. szunigin 1(disz) dumu 5(disz) sila3 sze 1/2(disz) sila3 i3
6'. szunigin sze-bi 2(barig) 4(ban2)#
7'. szunigin i3#-bi 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3
8'. sze-i3-bi 2(barig) 2(ban2)
9'. 2(disz) sila3! i3! sze-bi 1(ban2)-ta#
10'. sze-ba engar#? x [x] x [...]
11'. ur-{d}lugal-banda3#[{da} x x]
12'. x x x x [...]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P138218

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 07237
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number IM — ?
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 018844
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 6683

References

  • primary: UET 9, 87

    [Loding1976UET9] Loding, Darlene. 1976. Economic Texts from the Third Dynasty. Ur Excavations. Texts 9. Philadelphia: The Trustees of the two museums.

  • citation: JCS 36 (pp. 211-242), 234 n. 34

    [Gomi1984JCS36] Gomi, Tohru. 1984. “On the Critical Economic Situation at Ur Early in the Reign of Ibbisin.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 36 (2): 211–42. https://doi.org/10.2307/1360057.

    (rev. 9'. 1 sila3 i3-sze-bi 1(ban2)-ta#)

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-09 at 10:02:07 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2017-04-12 at 10:20:21 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2012-04-25 at 08:53:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 9, 0087 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P138218.
UET 9, 0087 artifact entry (No. P138218). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P138218 (Original work published 2001)
UET 9, 0087 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P138218 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {UET 9, 0087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138218},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138218},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 9, 0087 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P138218.
UET 9, 0087 artifact entry (No. P138218). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P138218 (Original work published 2001)
UET 9, 0087 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P138218 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {UET 9, 0087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138218},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138218},
}


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DA  - 2024/9/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P138218
LB  - CDLI:P138218
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - UET 9, 0087 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138218
ER  -
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