UET 5, 0180 (P283676)

Legal tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 131261

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale)

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda us2 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda sag gesz [...]
2. {gesz}kiri6-bi 4(u)* 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sar gesz [...]
3. u3 igi-bi kislah
4. da {gesz}kiri6 ku3-{d}nin-gal
5. u3 da {gesz}kiri6 {d}suen-sze-mi
6. ki {d}suen-sze-mi
7. {disz}ku3-{d}nin-gal
8. in-szi-sa10
9. 4(disz)* 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
10. sa10 til-la-ni-sze3
11. in-na-la2
12. inim-gal2-la {gesz}kiri6
13. {disz}{d}suen-sze-mi
14. in-na-gub-bu
reverse
1. he2-eb-diri he2-ba-la2#
2. szesz szesz-ra
3. nu in-na-gub-bu
4. u4-kur2-sze3 inim-ma# [nu]-ga2-ga2#
5. mu lugal-[bi in-pa3]
6. igi x-[...]
7. {disz}x-[...]
8. {disz}[...]
9. {disz}[...]
  n lines broken
10'. mu i7 lagasz{ki} za3 a-ab-ba-sze3 ba-ba-al
seal 1
1. {d}suen-sze-[mi]
2. dumu e2-ki-gal#-[la]

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (sale)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: UET 5, 180

    [Figulla1953UET5] Figulla, Hugo H., and William J. Martin. 1953. Letters and Documents of the Old-Babylonian Period. Ur Excavations. Texts 5. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

  • history: Charpin Clergé d'Ur, p. 59

    [Charpin1986Clergé] Charpin, Dominique. 1986. Le Clergé d’Ur Au Siècle d’Hammurabi (XIXe-XVIIIe Siècles Av. J.-C.). Hautes Études Orientales 22. Genève - Paris: Librairie Droz.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 131261
  • Accession No.: 1953-04-11, 0096

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 07836ζ
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-07-09 at 07:51:58 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 5, 0180 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P283676.
UET 5, 0180 artifact entry (No. P283676). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283676 (Original work published 2005)
UET 5, 0180 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283676 (Accessed: May 7, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {UET 5, 0180 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P283676},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283676},
}

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