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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

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

-

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

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:


  • 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#)


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM — ?
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: U 07237
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

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

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“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: November 22, 2025).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {UET 9, 0087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138218},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138218},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P138218
LB  - CDLI:P138218
M1  - 2025/11/22/
TI  - UET 9, 0087 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138218
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“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: November 22, 2025).
@misc{2024UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {UET 9, 0087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138218},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138218},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P138218
LB  - CDLI:P138218
M1  - 2025/11/22/
TI  - UET 9, 0087 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138218
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.