UET 9, 0967 (P139097)

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
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-a-am3
2'. [...] 2(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2
3'. [...] n 5(iku) pa5 du6-mun
4'. [...]-am3
5'. [e2?-du6?-la?-sza3? da]-da# gala# [...] x
6'. [...] x
7'. [...] x
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. [e2?-du6?-la?-sza3?] ri-ba-[ga-da]
2'. 7(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) [...]
3'. 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) pa5 [...]
4'. a-sza3 a-ra-ap-ha#!? [...]
5'. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) [...]
6'. 2(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) pa5 [...]
7'. a-sza3 ma-[da ...]
8'. szunigin 7(bur3)#? [...]
9'. szunigin x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

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/P139097

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 05479
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) 019723

References

  • primary: UET 9, 967

    [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. 144 no. 67

    [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
2017-06-30 at 02:58:14 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, 0967 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P139097.
UET 9, 0967 artifact entry (No. P139097). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P139097
UET 9, 0967 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P139097 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2001UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {UET 9, 0967 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P139097},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P139097},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P139097
LB  - CDLI:P139097
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - UET 9, 0967 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P139097
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 9, 0967 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P139097.
UET 9, 0967 artifact entry (No. P139097). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P139097
UET 9, 0967 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P139097 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2001UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {UET 9, 0967 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P139097},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P139097},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P139097
LB  - CDLI:P139097
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - UET 9, 0967 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P139097
ER  -
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