Sale Documents 126 (P226109)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Museum Number

Yondorf B

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (contract House sale document)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _3(disz) 2/3(disz) sar_
2. _nig2:sa10 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
3. i-ti mu-ta-[x]
4. nu-uh3-dingir
5. i-sza-am
6. _igi_ dingir-dan _dam-gar3_
7. _igi_ ur-nigar{gar} _gab2!(GIN2)-gi-na#?_
8. _igi_ szu-{d}nin-szubur
9. _igi_ dingir-ra-bi2 _dam-gar3_
reverse
1. _igi_ ma-szum _dam-gar3_
2. _igi_ ur-sa6-ga _dam-gar3_
3. _igi_ a-hu-ki-in _dam-gar3_
4. _igi_ a-hu-szu-ni
5. _igi_ lugal-engar
6. _mu us2-sa2_ {d}szu-{d}suen _lugal_ uri2{ki}-ma u3-ri-iq da-ad- na-am _ba-du3-a_

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts (contract House sale document)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P226109 P123211 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P226109

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)
Museum Number	Yondorf B
Accession Number

References

primary: FAOS 17, no. 126

[Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.
citation: OIP 104, 254

[Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace Jay, Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2016-06-28 at 10:15:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2016-05-31 at 07:46:48	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2003-08-19 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Johnson, J. Cale	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Sale Documents 126 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P226109.

Sale Documents 126 artifact entry (No. P226109). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P226109 (Original work published 2003)

Sale Documents 126 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P226109 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

@misc{2024Sale,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Sale {Documents} 126 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P226109},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P226109},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P226109
LB  - CDLI:P226109
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - Sale Documents 126 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P226109
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Sale Documents 126 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P226109.

Sale Documents 126 artifact entry (No. P226109). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P226109 (Original work published 2003)

Sale Documents 126 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P226109 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

@misc{2024Sale,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {Sale {Documents} 126 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P226109},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P226109},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P226109
LB  - CDLI:P226109
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - Sale Documents 126 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P226109
ER  -