SAT 1, 435 (P131538)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 019987

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) sze gur lugal sa2-du11 udu
2. 2(barig) 3(ban2) {d}nin-kar-ra
3. 2(barig) 3(ban2) ki-a-nag
4. 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) gur zi3 sa2-du11 e2
5. 1(barig) ur-{d}sza-u18-sza
6. 1(barig) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
7. 5(ban2) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
8. 1(barig) giri3-{d}nansze-i3-dab5
9. 1(barig) lugal-da-ga
10. 1(barig) ARAD2
11. 1(barig) dingir-dan
12. 1(barig) ab-ba
13. [...] ma2 kar-du10-ge
14. [...] 5(disz) sila3 su-ri2-na-hi
15. [...] a-a-bad3 muhaldim
16. [...] sag-ki-sa6
17. [...] du-ni
18. [...] {d}ba-ba6-an-dul3
19. [...] siskur2-re
20. [...] {d}ba-ba6-iri-mu
21. [...] {d}ba-ba6-gam-mu-ru
column 2
1. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nin-ga2-i3-sa6
2. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 szu-tu-ni
3. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 {d}nin-mar{ki}-ke4
4. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 e2-sag-kal-la
5. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 geme2-{d}gesz-bar-e3
6. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 s,e-li-da kuruszda
7. 1(ban2) kur-ra-ni-i3-sa6
8. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 geme2-a-tu5-a
9. 3(ban2) {d}ba-ba6-lu2-sa6
10. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sza-bi2-ra
11. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 a-ni-da
12. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 asz-da-gal
13. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nin-ki-ur5-sa6
14. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 szi-la-ma-si2
15. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 za-hi-dar
16. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ezem-mu-sze3
17. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sza-at-be-li2
18. 2(ban2) in-hu-zum
19. 3(ban2) igi-ni-da-a
20. 3(ban2) {d}ba-ba6-ku3-zu
21. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 szesz-kal-la
22. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 lu2-hu-rim3
23. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 a-ma-a
24. 2(ban2) geme2-{d}sza-u18-sza
25. 1(ban2) a-na-lu2-ba
reverse
column 1
1. 3(ban2) geme2-ki-la2
2. 3(ban2) geme2-e2-su4
3. 3(ban2) geme2-bara2-si-ga
4. 3(ban2) u3-gu2-zi
5. 3(ban2) geme2-{d}dumu-zi
6. 3(ban2) geme2-dub-sar
7. 3(ban2) geme2-{d}suen
8. 3(ban2) nin-ku3-zu
9. 3(ban2) nin9-ba-zi
10. 3(ban2) geme2-{d}lamma
11. 3(ban2) geme2-dumu-gi7-ra
12. 3(ban2) geme2-sze-il2-la
13. 3(ban2) geme2-silim-ma
14. 3(ban2) nin-szesz
15. 1(ban2) {d}ig-alim-i3-sa6
16. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 geme2-{d}sza-u18-sza
17. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 geme2-sukkal
18. 3(ban2) igi-ni-da-a
19. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nin-ezem
20. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kur-ra-mu
21. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 nin-e-i3-zu
22. 3(ban2) nig2-mu-mu-kal-e
23. 3(ban2) si2-si2
24. 3(ban2) giri3-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5
25. 3(ban2) geme2-{d}inanna
26. 3(ban2) nin-tur-ab-ba
27. 3(ban2) geme2-kar-si-ga
column 2
1. 2(ban2) a-da-lal3
2. 2(ban2) {d}ba-ba6-GIR2@g-gal
3. 1(ban2) {d}utu-silim-mu
4. [...] i3-kal-la
5. 2(ban2) an-ta-lu2
6. 2(ban2) a-hu-a-qar
7. [...] lu2-{d}inanna
8. [...] ninda {d}utu-ki-szar2-ra
9. [...] {d}mes-lam-ma
10. [...] szu-{d}ma-mi
11. [...] dumu {d}ba-ba6-lu2-sa6
12. [...] dumu su-ri2-na-hi
13. [...] ninda {d}nin-kar-ra
14. 3(ban2) a-du11-ge-bi
15. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dumu sag-ki-sa6
16. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dumu sza-bi2-ra
17. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dumu {d}nin-mar{ki}-ama
18. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dumu a-ma-a
19. nig2 ki-a-nag
20. szunigin 8(asz) 2(barig) gur sze-ba
21. szunigin 2(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) gur sza3-gal udu
22. u3 sa2-du11 dingir
23. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: SAT 1, 435

[Sigrist1993SAT1] Sigrist, Marcel. 1993. Texts from the British Museum. Sumerian Archival Texts 1. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 019987
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0027

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.07.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-04 at 10:57:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:56:23	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:04:38	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:35:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:27:09	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (036175) (036175)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.19987) (BM.19987)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-27) (W_1895-1017-27)

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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 435 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131538.

SAT 1, 435 artifact entry (No. P131538). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131538 (Original work published 2001)

SAT 1, 435 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131538 (Accessed: April 6, 2026).

@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 435 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131538},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131538},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 435 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131538.

SAT 1, 435 artifact entry (No. P131538). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131538 (Original work published 2001)

SAT 1, 435 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131538 (Accessed: April 6, 2026).

@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 435 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131538},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131538},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P131538
M1  - 2026/4/6/
TI  - SAT 1, 435 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131538
ER  -