UET 3, 1056 (P137381)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 47-29-177

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 4(ban2) sze {d}nanna-dalla szabra
2. 5(ban2) ma2-{d}nanna sza3-gu4
3. 1(ban2) ur-{d}nun-gal dam-gar3
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4. e2 an-na
5. 4(ban2) {d}nanna-i3-sa6 szabra
6. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 lugal-me-lam2 gudu4
7. 3(ban2) ur-{d}isztaran
8. 3(ban2) ur-{d}nanna [x]
9. i3-du8 [...]
10. [...]
column 2
1. lu2-{d}nanna [x]
2. sa2-du11 {d}gu-la gub-ba
3. nimgir-di-de3
4. szu-ku6-me-esz2
5. giri3-se3-ga dingir-ra-me-esz2
6. 3(ban2) LAGAB-bur-ta-mu-na-an-ag2
7. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 {d}nin-szu-ba-ha
8. [...]
reverse
column 1
  blank space
1. [...]
2. szunigin 1(disz) sza3-gu4 [...]
3. szunigin 2(disz) dam-gar3 [...]
4. szunigin 1(disz) aga3-us2 szabra
5. sze nu-dab5-me-[esz2]
6. szunigin 1(disz) um-mi-a x-[...]
column 2
1. [...]
2. e2 {d}ab-[...]
3. ugula ur-{d}da-mu [x]-PA#?-ki#?-[...]
4. iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu
5. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 {d}nin-igi-zi-bar-ra balag {d}inanna-ra mu-na-dim2

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 1056

    [Legrain1937UET3] Legrain, Léon. 1937. Business Documents of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Ur Excavations. Texts 3. London: The Trustees of the two museums.

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  • Museum No.: UM 47-29-177
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 06378
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.21.05.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:15:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:02:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:26 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 3, 1056 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137381.
UET 3, 1056 artifact entry (No. P137381). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137381 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1056 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137381 (Accessed: July 19, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1056 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137381},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137381},
}


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