UET 9, 0388 (P138519)

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [n?] 1(u)# kusz# udu# siki#?
2. kusz# udu# e2#-du6#-[la da]-da# gala#
3. giri3# a#-a#-kal-la#
4. [szuszin{ki}]-ta
reverse
1. [ur]-{d}szul-pa-e3#
2. [szu] ba-ti
  blank space
  seal impression
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. ku3-{d}nanna
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}szul-pa-e3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002674 (composite) (P455384) S002674 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P138519

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 05127
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) 019145

References

  • primary: UET 9, 388

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

  • history: ASJ 18, p.103-168, p. 139 no. 55

    [Maekawa1996confiscation] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1996. “Confiscation of Private Properties in the Ur III Period: A Study of é-Dul-La and Níg-GA.” Acta Sumerologica 18: 103–68.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2015-08-11 at 16:13:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Linkohr, Oleg CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 9, 0388 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P138519.
UET 9, 0388 artifact entry (No. P138519). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P138519
UET 9, 0388 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P138519 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2001UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {UET 9, 0388 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138519},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138519},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P138519
LB  - CDLI:P138519
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - UET 9, 0388 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138519
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 9, 0388 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P138519.
UET 9, 0388 artifact entry (No. P138519). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P138519
UET 9, 0388 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P138519 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2001UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {UET 9, 0388 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P138519},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P138519},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P138519
LB  - CDLI:P138519
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - UET 9, 0388 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P138519
ER  -
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