UET 3, 1215 (P137540)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 130390

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
  (not given)
reverse
  (columns 1-5 not given)
column 6
1. 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
2. 2(ban2) ga-szex(SIG7)-a
3. i3-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3
  calculation: 20 ÷ 15 = 1 1/3
4. ga-bi 2(disz) sila3
  calculation: 1 1/3 × 3/2 = 2
5. mu-kux(DU)
6. la2-ia3 2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3
7. la2-ia3 3(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
8. la-te-ni-isz unu3
9. szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) ab2-mah2
10. szunigin i3-nun-bi 1(barig) 1(ban2)
  calculation: 14 × 5 sila3 per year = 70 sila3
11. szunigin ga-ar3-bi 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
  calculation: 70 × 3/2 = 105
12. sza3-bi-ta
13. szunigin 2(barig) 7(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 i3-nun
14. szunigin 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
15. szunigin 2(ban2)! ga-szex(SIG7)-a
16. szunigin i3-nun-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3
  calculation: 20 ÷ 15 = 1 1/3
17. szunigin ga-ar3-bi 2(disz)# sila3
  calculation: 1 1/3 × 3/2 = 2
18. mu-kux(DU)
19. szunigin 5(ban2) 9(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3
20. szunigin 2(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
21. la2-ia3-am3
22. ugula lugal-ku-li [...]
  rest broken
column 7
1. [...] ga-ar3
2. [...]-ga unu3
3. 1(disz) ab2
4. i3-bi 5(disz) sila3
  calculation: 1 × 5 sila3 per year = 5 sila3
5. sza3-bi-ta
6. la2-ia3 5(disz) sila3 i3
7. la2-ia3 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3
  calculation: 5 × 3/2 = 7 1/2
8. bu3-u2-du unu3
9. 3(disz) ab2
10. i3-bi 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
  calculation: 3 × 5 sila3 per year = 15 sila3
11. ga-ar3-bi 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
  calculation: 15 × 3/2 = 22 1/2
12. sza3-bi-ta
13. 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 i3
14. 5(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
15. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 ga-szex(SIG7)-a
16. i3-bi 1(disz) sila3
  calculation: 15 1/6 ÷ 15 = 1 1/90
17 ga-ar3-bi 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
  calculation: 1 × 3/2 = 1 1/2
18. mu-kux(DU)
19. la2-ia3 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 i3
  calculation: 15 - 1 = 14 sila3 (?)
20. la2-ia3 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 ga-ar3
  calculation: 22 1/2 - (5 5/6 + 1 1/2) = 15 1/6 sila3
21. lu2-{d}utu unu3
  rest broken

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 1215

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

  • citation: JESHO 23, p.1-42, p. 6ff.

    [Gomi1980dairy] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “On Dairy Productivity at Ur in the Late Ur III Period.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 23: 1–42.

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  • Museum No.: BM 130390
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 04323
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.08.01.00, Ibbi-Suen.08.06.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2020-02-14 at 08:45:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2020-02-14 at 06:14:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-08-02 at 01:20:02 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-07-31 at 06:16:58 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard 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, 1215 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P137540.
UET 3, 1215 artifact entry (No. P137540). (2023, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P137540 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1215 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P137540 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {UET 3, 1215 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P137540},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P137540},
}


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TI  - UET 3, 1215 artifact entry
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