UET 9, 0939 (P139069)

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
column 1
1. 5(u)# 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. nimgir#-sza3-kusz2# engar
3. nu-banda3 lugal-du10-ga
4. a-sza3 tur e2-x-ka
5. 1(u) 4(barig) gur
6. ur-{d}da-mu engar#
7. 1(gesz2) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
8. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 engar
9. nu-banda3 lugal-du10-ga
10. 2(u) 8(asz) 1(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur#
11. lu2-me-lam2 engar#
12. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
13. ur-{d}nusku engar
14. 3(u) 3(asz) 4(ban2) gur
15. ur-{d}nin-mar{ki}-ka engar
16. nu-banda3 ur3-re-ba-ab-du7
17. [n] 2(asz) 4(ban2) gur ur-{d}ba-ba6 engar
18. nu-banda3 en-mu-du10-ga-asz#?
19. [a]-sza3 a-gar3 gu-la gu-za-na
20. 2(u)? 8(asz) 2(ban2) gur da-da engar
21. [x] 3(asz) 4(barig)# gur
22. [x]-{d}ig-alim engar 5(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur
23. [...] dumu esz-x-[...] ur-{d}[...]
column 2
1. nu-banda3 lugal-du10-ga
2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
3. ur-sag-ub5{ki} engar
4. 1(gesz2) 2(asz) 2(ban2) gur
5. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 engar
6. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 9(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gur
7. giri3-ni-i3-sa6 engar 3(u) 1(barig) 2(ban2) gur lugal-uszumgal engar
8. 3(u) 4(ban2) gur al-la engar
9. 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur e2-sag-du3 a-sza3 alan#?
10. ur-{d}en-ki engar dumu ur-mes
11. nu-banda3 ur3-re-ba-ab-du7
12. 1(gesz2) 7(asz) 5(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 gur
13. ti-ga-num2 engar
14. 3(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) gur
15. na-ba-sa6 engar
16. [n] 5(asz)#? 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...]
  blank space
3'. [...] x x alan#?-na
4'. [n] 4(barig) n n sila3# gur
5'. [...] NI#-nin#? engar
6'. [nu-banda3] lugal#-du10-ga
7'. [...] sila3 gur
8'. [...] engar# dumu ur-mes
9'. nu-banda3 ur3-re-ba-ab-du7
10'. [...]-sag-du3
11'. [...]-na-na-ka
12'. [...] engar
13'. [...]-GAR
  blank space
14'. [...] x
15'. [n] 2(asz) 4(ban2) gur
16'. [...]-x engar
17'. [nu-banda3 ur3]-re-ba-ab-du7
18'. [n] 6(asz) gur ur-{d}asar-lu2-<hi> engar
19'. nu-banda3 ur-gar
20'. a-sza3 sagi!-ne
21'. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur
column 2
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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 9, 939

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM — ?
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 07221
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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
2017-07-02 at 13:36:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-06-28 at 08:11:36 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 9, 0939 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P139069.
UET 9, 0939 artifact entry (No. P139069). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P139069 (Original work published 2001)
UET 9, 0939 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P139069 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
@misc{2023UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 28},
	title = {UET 9, 0939 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P139069},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P139069},
}


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