SAT 2, 0163 (P143364)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 03909

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) u8 5(u) 4(disz) sila4 gub
2. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2 5(u) sila4 gub
3. 7(disz) masz2-nita2 gal
4. szunigin 6(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) udu hi-a
5. szunigin 7(disz) masz2-nita2 gal
6. bu3-gi-li na-gada
7. 3(gesz2) 1(disz) u8 4(u) 4(disz) sila4 gub
8. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) sila4 gub
9. 5(disz) ud5 1(disz) masz2 gub
10. szunigin 6(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) udu hi-a
11. szunigin 6(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a
12. szu-{d}iszkur na-gada
13. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) u8 5(u) 7(disz) sila4 gub
14. 1(u) 9(disz) udu-nita2 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sila4 gub
15. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 9(disz) ud5 1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) masz2 gub
16. 1(u) 9(disz) masz2-nita2 2(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) masz2 gub
17. szunigin 5(gesz2) 9(disz) udu hi-a
18. szunigin 5(gesz2) 3(u) ud5 masz2 hi-a
19. en-u2-a na-gada
20. 4(gesz2) u8 1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) sila4 gub
21. 2(gesz2) 5(u) udu-nita2 2(gesz2) 5(disz) sila4 gub
reverse
1. 6(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) ud5 2(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) masz2 gub
2. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) masz2-nita2 2(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) masz2 gub
3. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 4(u) 6(disz) udu hi-a
4. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a
5. bi2-sza-hi-li na-gada
6. 2(gesz2) 5(u) u8 1(gesz2) 3(u) sila4 gub
7. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2 1(gesz2) 1(u) sila4 gub
8. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) ud5 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) masz2 gub
9. 5(u) 3(disz) masz2-nita2 1(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) masz2 gub
10. szunigin 8(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) udu hi-a
11. szunigin 7(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a
12. puzur4-szuba na-gada
13. 4(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz) u8 2(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) sila4 gub
14. 4(gesz2) 4(u) udu-nita2 2(gesz2) 9(disz) sila4 gub
15. 4(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) ud5 1(gesz2) 3(u) 9(disz) masz2 gub
16. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) masz2-nita2 1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) masz2 gub
17. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(disz) udu hi-a
18. szunigin 8(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a
19. ha-ar-bi2-in na-gada
20. szunigin2# 2(gesz'u) 1(disz) u8 8(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) sila4 gub
21. szunigin2# 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) udu-nita2 8(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) sila4 gub
22. szunigin2# 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) ud5 6(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) masz2 gub
23. szunigin2# 5(gesz2) 1(u) 9(disz) masz2-nita2 6(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) masz2 gub
24. nigin-ba 5(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) udu hi-a
25. nigin-ba 3(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a
left
1. nigin2-ba-bi 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 2(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
2. udu szu-e2-a
3. ki nam-ha-ni-ta
4. szesz-zi-mu i3-dab5
5. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3-a
envelope
obverse
1. e2 szu-szum2-ma

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SAT 2, 163

    [Sigrist2000SAT2] Sigrist, Marcel. 2000. Texts from the Yale Babylonian Collections. Part 1. Sumerian Archival Texts 2. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    Status of the herd of Shu-Ea

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 03909
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-28 at 16:07:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:58:22 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:25:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:31 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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“SAT 2, 0163 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P143364.
SAT 2, 0163 artifact entry (No. P143364). (2024, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P143364 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 2, 0163 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P143364 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SAT 2, 0163 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P143364},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P143364},
}


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