UET 3, 1421 (P137746)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM —

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

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] 1(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. [...] x 2(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
3. [...] puzur4#-{d}szul-gi
4. 1/2(disz) x sila3 ninda zi3-gu
5. puzur4-lu-lu lu2 kin?-gi4-<a> isz-bi-er3-ra
6. 3(disz) lu2-{d}en-lil2 i3 2(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
7. lu2 {i3-si}isin2?{ki}-me-esz2
8. sukkal-mah maszkim
9. BI NIG2 ga? ki AB si?
10. giri3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6
reverse
1. dub-sar lu2-dingir-ra
2. u3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dub-sar e2-gal
3. u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
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4. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
5. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 szuszin{ki} a-dam-szah2{ki} ma-da a-wa-an{ki}-ka u4-gin7-ra bi2-in-gi4 u4 asz-a mu-un-gur2 en-bi szaga-a [mi-ni]-in-dab5-ba-a
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-sa6-ga
4. ARAD2-zu

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 1421

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: U 16041
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.14.06.16
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:58 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-09-14 at 07:55:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:14:51 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-24 at 12:45:13 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:35 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005965 (composite) (P458675) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 3, 1421 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137746.
UET 3, 1421 artifact entry (No. P137746). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137746 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1421 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137746 (Accessed: June 29, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1421 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137746},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137746},
}


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