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UET 2, 0208 (P005803)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 049724

Period

ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

obverse
column 1
1. 1(N22) , GAN2 BAPPIR~e
2. [...] , X X
3. 4(N14) 2(N22) , SI KISAL~b1
4. 2(N14) 3(N01) , AMA~b SI E2~a NUN~a
5. 3(N01) , LAL3~b
6. 1(N22) 1(N01) , AMA~b X SI A
7. [...] , [...]
column 2
1. 3(N01) , [...]
2. 2(N14) [...] , [...]
3. 2(N14) [...] , [...]
4. 2(N14) [...] , [...]
5. 2(N22) [...] , X [...]
6. 1(N14) [...] , [...]
reverse
column 1
1. [...] , [...]
2. 1(N01) [...] , [...]
3. [...] , [...]
column 2
1. 1(N01) [...] , [...]
2. 1(N22) [...] , GAL~a X [...]
3. 2(N14) , SAG SZIR~a
4. ,
column 3
1. [...] , X [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)
Consult word list of ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: UET 2, 208

[Burrows1935UET2] Burrows, Eric. 1935. Archaic Texts. Ur Excavations. Texts 2. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 049724
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: U 12948
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)
Dates Referenced:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:15	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Ur Online Project (13598) (13598)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“UET 2, 0208 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P005803.

UET 2, 0208 artifact entry (No. P005803). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005803 (Original work published 2001)

UET 2, 0208 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005803 (Accessed: December 19, 2025).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 2, 0208 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005803},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005803},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P005803
LB  - CDLI:P005803
M1  - 2025/12/19/
TI  - UET 2, 0208 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005803
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 2, 0208 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P005803.

UET 2, 0208 artifact entry (No. P005803). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005803 (Original work published 2001)

UET 2, 0208 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005803 (Accessed: December 19, 2025).

@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 2, 0208 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005803},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005803},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P005803
LB  - CDLI:P005803
M1  - 2025/12/19/
TI  - UET 2, 0208 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P005803
ER  -