Archaic Tablets of Ur — Temple Accounting and First Name Lists
לוחות אור הקדומים
Author: Scribes du temple de Nanna à Ur (c. 2800–2700 av. J.-C.)
Date: c. 2800–2700 av. J.-C.
Preservation: British Museum (Londres), University of Pennsylvania Museum
deposited on April 16, 2026 · Intersection register · custodian, not owner
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The archaic tablets of Ur, discovered by Leonard Woolley, are among the oldest administrative corpora from southern Mesopotamia. Ur is the city Genesis designates as Abraham's homeland: "Terah took Abram his son and they departed from Ur of the Chaldeans" (Genesis 11:31).
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The archaic tablets of Ur, discovered by Leonard Woolley, are among the oldest administrative corpora from southern Mesopotamia. Ur is the city Genesis designates as Abraham's homeland: "Terah took Abram his son and they departed from Ur of the Chaldeans" (Genesis 11:31).