UET 3, 1602 (P137928)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 47-29-412 & UM 47-29-412a

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) tug2 guz-za du
2. 1(gesz2) 4(u) tug2 usz-bar
3. ki lugal-ezem-ta
4. sa gi4-gi4-de3
5. szesz-kal-la
6. lu2 azlag2 ambar-mah
reverse
1. szu ba-an-ti
2. giri3 ur-{d}nin-mug
3. iti ezem-mah
4. mu en-am-gal-an-na en {d}inanna ba-hun
envelope
obverse
1. [1(gesz2) tug2 guz-za du]
2. 1(gesz2) 4(u) tug2 usz#-bar#
3. ki lugal-ezem-ta
4. sa gi4-gi4-de3
5. szesz#-kal-la lu2 azlag2
6. [ambar]-mah#
reverse
1. [...]
  uncertain if a broken line here
2. iti# ezem-mah#
3. mu en-mah-gal-an-na# en# {d}nanna ba-hun-ga2#
4. [x]-da-hi-da-hi
5. [x]-x-AN-u2-szesz# [x]
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nanna
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-[nig2]
4. sagi
seal 2
1. [szesz-kal-la]
2. lu2 azlag2#
3. dumu lugal-[du10-ga]

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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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 3, 1602

    [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.: UM 47-29-412 & UM 47-29-412a
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 03406
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.00.00 (env.), Ibbi-Suen.04.10.00 (tab.)
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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
2013-06-17 at 17:41:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:40 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, 1602 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P137928.
UET 3, 1602 artifact entry (No. P137928). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P137928 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1602 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P137928 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1602 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P137928},
}

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