UET 3, 0242 (P136559)

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. 5(disz) giri3-lam zu2-lum 1(ban2)-ta
2. er2 su3 a-tu5
3. 2(disz) giri3-lam 1(ban2)-ta
4. 8(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3-ta
5. ma2 an-na-sze3
6. 6(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3-ta
reverse
1. nu-banda3{da}-sze3
2. 5(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3-ta
3. er2 u2-sag-ga2
4. 4(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3-ta
5. ki-a-nag lugal 4(disz)!-ba-sze3
6. zi-ga ki szabra {d}nanna
7. giri3 {d}suen-a-bu sagi
8. mu us2-sa bad3-gal ba-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}]i-bi2-[{d}]suen#
2. [dingir] kalam#-ma-na
3. [lugal] kal-ga
4. [lugal] uri5#{ki}-ma
column 2
1. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4
2. {d}suen-a-bi2
3. sagi
4. du10-us2-[sa2]
5. nam-dumu-ka-ni-ir
6. in-na-ba

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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, 242

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

  • history: RIME 3/2, p. 389 (seal)

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: HSAO 9, p.145-174, p. 162, p. 168 23

    [Mayr2004-8AMVDIQL] Mayr, Rudolf H., and David I. Owen. 2004. “The Royal Gift Seal in the Ur III Period.” In Von Sumer Nach Ebla Und Zurück. Festschrift Giovanni Pettinato Zum 27. September 1999 Gewidmet von Freunden, Kollegen Und Schülern., 9:145–74. Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient. Heidelberg.

    (seal)

  • citation: RIME 3/2, .1.5 page 389

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

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  • Museum No.: IM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 04703
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.07.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-28 at 12:05:29 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact, Other Entity Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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 08:56:54 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-07-02 at 13:42:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2014-08-09 at 11:43:40 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:14:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:03 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 000564 (composite) (P430658) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 3, 0242 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 28, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P136559.
UET 3, 0242 artifact entry (No. P136559). (2024, December 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P136559 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 0242 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P136559 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 28},
	title = {UET 3, 0242 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P136559},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P136559},
}


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