UET 9, 0958 (P139088)

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
1. 3(barig) 3(ban2) {kusz}a-ga2-la2 kesz2-[ra ...] erin2 sza3 e2-duru5 i7! {d}isztaran-[si-sa2-ta?] e-ra-ne
  blank space
2. 4(asz) 4(barig) gur sa2-du11 {d}nanna iti 8(disz)-kam
3. 2(asz) 1(barig) gur nig2-dab5 en
4. 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 esz3-esz3 lugal ezem 3(disz)-a-ba
5. 5(ban2) masz2-da-re-a ki en-na-sze3
  some text moved to next line
6. iti ezem-mah
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. nig2-[...]
3'. 6(asz) [n] gur nig2-gu7-a geme2 ARAD2-e-ne za3-mu-ka
4'. [x x]-USZ mu sze gar-ra lugal-i-ti
5'. [...] e2-lugal-la ki-sag-ga2 ba-ab-gu7?-a-[sze3?]
6'. [n sze] gur hu-zu-uz-za-ra#-[ri-isz] x [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P139088

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 05593
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) 019714

References

  • primary: UET 9, 958

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-07-20 at 03:36:35 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-07-02 at 13:36:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-06-29 at 07:04:49 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 9, 0958 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P139088.
UET 9, 0958 artifact entry (No. P139088). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P139088
UET 9, 0958 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P139088 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2001UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {UET 9, 0958 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P139088},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P139088},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P139088
LB  - CDLI:P139088
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - UET 9, 0958 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P139088
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 9, 0958 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P139088.
UET 9, 0958 artifact entry (No. P139088). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P139088
UET 9, 0958 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P139088 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2001UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {UET 9, 0958 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P139088},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P139088},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P139088
LB  - CDLI:P139088
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - UET 9, 0958 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P139088
ER  -
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