CDLI Literary 000325 OB Catalogue from Ur 3 (P346281)

Literary 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

Lineart Photo

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 0.02.05 OB Catalogue from Ur (U3))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ki#?-ur3#!? gal-e ni2#? [...]
 en: The great Ki’ur temple/foundation man (its) aura manifest(?).
  incipit of Tree and Reed
2. sze-er-zi ZI IM x
 en: True/risen(?) light rays, ... (unidentified incipit)
3. ur-sag a2 gal2
 en: Hero, possessor of strength.
  incipit of Lipit-Ištar D
4. lu2# di <<lu2>> lu2 di
 en: Speaker/performer, speaker/performer.
  incipit of the letter of the Monkey to his Mother
5. ga2-am3 {d}ba-ba6-gu10
 en: ..., my Baba (unidentified incipit)
6. en gu3 nun-zu?
 en: Lord, you bellow/your princely voice(?) (unidentified incipit)
7. ur-sag nam-he2-a
 en: Hero bellowing joyfully(?) in/with abundance.
  incipit of Ur-Ninurta F
8. ur-sag enx(BURU14) u4 husz
 en: Hero, lord(!?), furious storm (unidentified incipit)
9. ur-sag ga2-e
 en: Hero, I .... (unidentified incipit)
10. en me ku3-ku3-ga
 en: Lord of all the pure me’s/Lord who ... all the pure me’s (unidentified incipit)
11. ur-sag# en nir-gal2 nun UD x x
 en: Hero, authoritative lord, prince ... (unidentified incipit)
12. [...] x x-ma
 en: ... (unidentified incipit)
13. [...] RI#?
 en: ... (unidentified incipit)
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] gi#? gurun#-na#?
 en: ... blooming reed(?) (unidentified incipit)
2'. [...]
 en: ... (unidentified incipit)
3'. [...] x SAR? im-me#?
 en: ... (unidentified incipit)
4'. x x x gal
 en: ... (unidentified incipit)
5'. ur-{d}lamma
 en: For(?) Ur-Lamma, the lamma (statue) from/at the platform ....
  incipit of UET 6, 522, that also mentions Shulgi
6'. an u3 an-tum#
 en: An and Antum (a godlist?)
7'. ama-da# nu-me-a
 en: Without (our?) mother.
  incipit of Dumuzi-Inanna I?
8'. dub# hi-a
 en: Various kinds of (other?) tablets
9'. dub _szum-ma_
 en: Tablet(s?) (containing lines beginning with Akkadian) “if” (i.e., Akkadian omen tablets?)
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (ETCSL 0.02.05 OB Catalogue from Ur (U3))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P346281

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U —
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) .2.5
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) .2.5

References

  • history: UET 6, 0196

    [Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.

  • history: JCS 36, 092

    [Michalowski1984JCS36] Michalowski, Piotr. 1984. “Observations on a Sumerian Literary Catalogue from Ur.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 36 (1): 89–92. https://doi.org/10.2307/1360014.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-06-01 at 14:34:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2019-05-31 at 07:25:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2019-05-31 at 07:21:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2019-05-19 at 07:17:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2019-05-19 at 07:16:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-12-02 at 17:38:49 Heinle, Michael Transliteration Heinle, Michael CDLI Approved View
2012-04-22 at 18:54:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-10-07 at 08:45:32 Wagensonner, Klaus Transliteration Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI Approved View
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000325 OB Catalogue from Ur 3 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P346281.
CDLI Literary 000325 OB Catalogue from Ur 3 artifact entry (No. P346281). (2006, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346281
CDLI Literary 000325 OB Catalogue from Ur 3 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346281 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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}


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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000325 OB Catalogue from Ur 3 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P346281.
CDLI Literary 000325 OB Catalogue from Ur 3 artifact entry (No. P346281). (2006, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346281
CDLI Literary 000325 OB Catalogue from Ur 3 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346281 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346281},
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