UET 3, 1796 (P138122)

Administrative tablet 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 47-29-445

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 2(asz) 1(ban2) sze gur
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. 2(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur
4. iti# masz-ku3-[gu7]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [iti] sze#-sag11-ku5 u3
  some text moved to next line
2'. iti masz-ku3-gu7
3'. mu bad3-gal ba!-du3
seal 1
1. ur-nig2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-uszur3?

Consult previous versions and their differences
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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: UET 3, 1796

    [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 47-29-445
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: U 10617
  • Findspot Square:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.06.01.00, Ibbi-Suen.06.02.00
  • Alternative Years:
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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
2016-01-23 at 20:22:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-03 at 17:30:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:16:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:29:47 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 004590 (composite) (P457300) Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 3, 1796 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P138122.
UET 3, 1796 artifact entry (No. P138122). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P138122 (Original work published 2001)
UET 3, 1796 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P138122 (Accessed: March 20, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 3, 1796 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P138122},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P138122},
}


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