UET 3, 1663 (P137989)

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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National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
2. 2(u) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
3. ki-la2-bi 2(asz) gu2 2(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na
4. 1(u) 4(disz) tug2 guz-za du
5. ki-la2-bi 1(asz) gu2 1(u) 2/3(disz) ma-na
6. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
7. 3(u) 1(disz) tug2 usz-bar
8. 2(u) 9(disz) tug2 usz-bar ge6
reverse
1. ki-la2-bi 1(u) 3(asz) gu2 2(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na
2. tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga
3. mu-kux(DU)
4. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su-ka
5. sa gi4-gi4-de3
6. inim-{d}szara2 lu2 azlag2
7. szu ba-an-ti
8. giri3 nig2-u2-rum dub-sar
9. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
10. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal si-mu-ru-um{ki} mu-hul

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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, 1663

    [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.: IM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 03835
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.06.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
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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
2011-07-22 at 14:16:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:41 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, 1663 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P137989.
UET 3, 1663 artifact entry (No. P137989). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P137989 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1663 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P137989 (Accessed: June 11, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1663 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P137989},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P137989},
}


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