UET 9, 0389 (P138520)

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
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1'. [n] 4(u)# 2(disz)# {gesz#}[x]-na
2'. [n] {gesz}ig dab
3'. [n] {gesz}ig ge6 gid2
4'. [n] {gesz}ig x-KU
5'. [n] {gesz}ig gesz al# x x-la
6'. [n] {gesz#}ig kid al-zi-ra
7'. [n] zu2#-gul szu si-sa2 se3-ga
8'. [...] e2-ba-an
9'. [...] {gesz}x x
10'. [...] x sar# x x
11'. [...] x gal# engur-ra
12'. [...]-x-sze3
13'. [...] x x
14'. [...] TUR NE
15'. [...] x KU-sze3
16'. [...] gal2-la
17'. [...] x lugal
18'. [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. 8(disz) x [...] sza3#-ba 1(u) 2(disz) e2#? x [...]
3'. 1(u) 6(disz) x [...]
4'. 3(disz) {gesz}[...]
5'. 4(u) 5(disz) {gesz}[...]
6'. 1(disz) {gesz}[...]
7'. 2(disz)# x [...]
8'. 4(disz) [...]
9'. 1(disz) {gesz}zu2-gul# [...]
10'. 8(disz) {gesz}x [...]
11'. 1(u) 5(disz) {gesz}zi-[...]
12'. 1(u) dux(GIN2)? kin [...]
13'. sza3 e2-[...]
14'. 2(u) 3(disz) {gesz}[...]
15'. [n] {gesz}[...]
16'. [x] x [...]
17'. [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. x x [...]
3'. x x e2 {d}x-[...]
4'. [...] da-da#-[x]
5'. 1(u)# [n] 7(disz)# szar# ki-x-[x]
6'. 1(u) 1(disz)# x da# x us2# [x]
7'. 1(u) [...] x szu [x] x
8'. [...]
9'. [...] x [...]
10'. [...] x x [...]
11'. 5(disz) sar e2 {d#}[...]
12'. sza3-ba 4(disz) e2 ne ni [...] gesz-bi x-[...]
13'. 2(u) 4(disz) {gesz}x [...]
14'. 3(disz)# {gesz}[...]
15'. 5(disz) {gesz}[...]
16'. 2(disz) {gesz}x x [...]
17'. [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-x-ru#?-di-x
2'. [...] e2-ba-an#
3'. [...] ka2#? x
4'. [e2]-du6#-la# {d}szu-{d}suen-li-la-bi-ir-hat,-t,um
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5'. mu#-kux(DU)
6'. [e2]-du6#-la didli
7'. [mu] {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
8'. [giri3 ur]-nigar sa12-du5
9'. [u3 ur-{d}]nin#-sun2
10'. [...]-e3#?
11'. [...]
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: UET 9, 389

    [Loding1976UET9] Loding, Darlene. 1976. Economic Texts from the Third Dynasty. Ur Excavations. Texts 9. Philadelphia: The Trustees of the two museums.

  • history: ASJ 18, p.103-168, p. 133 no. 39

    [Maekawa1996confiscation] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1996. “Confiscation of Private Properties in the Ur III Period: A Study of é-Dul-La and Níg-GA.” Acta Sumerologica 18: 103–68.

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  • Museum No.: IM — ?
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 05288
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 14:16:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:03:01 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 15:43:46 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:47:02 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“UET 9, 0389 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P138520.
UET 9, 0389 artifact entry (No. P138520). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P138520
UET 9, 0389 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P138520 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2001UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {UET 9, 0389 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P138520},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P138520},
}


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