SAT 3, 1597 (P144797)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 01781

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(asz) gur sze [{d}er3]-ra-a
2. 4(disz)# gur# lugal-he2-gal2 u3 dumu-ni
3. 3(asz) gur a2-bi2-li2 dumu ur-{d}utu
4. 3(asz) gur ur-{d}suen
5. 3(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) a-du-du u3 dumu-ni
6. 3(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) lugal-inim-gi-na
7. 3(asz) 4(barig)# lugal-ma2-gur8-re
8. 3(asz) 5(ban2) lugal-dalla
9. 3(asz) gur lugal-nig2-lagar-e
10. 3(asz) gur szesz-kal-la
11. 3(asz) 1(barig) gur szesz-a-ni
12. 3(asz)# 5(ban2) lugal-he2-gal2 dumu nam-ha-ni
13. 4(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) lu2-{d}szara2
14. dumu esz-ga-ad-da
15. 3(disz)# gur lugal-ezem
16. 2(asz)# 1(barig) 1(ban2) gur ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)
17. [...] gur a-a-kal-la
reverse
1. 3(asz) gur ur-{d}isztaran
2. [dumu lugal]-e#-i3-zu-me
3. [...] szesz#-kal-la dumu ur-{d}utu
4. [libir?]-am3#?
5. [...] lugal#-ma2-gur8-re
6. [...] szu-{d}iszkur#?
7. [...] ka-kal-la
8. [dah]-hu-am3
  seal impression
9. szunigin 5(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) gur
10. sze-ba bahar3
11. kiszib3 asz-a inim-{d}szara2
12. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
seal 1
1. inim-{d}szara2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-iti-da

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002579.5 (composite) (P533453) S002579.5 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P144797

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 01781
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 049780
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-016522
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.1781

References

  • primary: SAT 3, 1597

    [Sigrist2000SAT3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2000. Texts from the Yale Babylonian Collections. Part 2. Sumerian Archival Texts 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    Rations for the brewers

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:28:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:19:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-02 at 19:46:23 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 3, 1597 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144797.
SAT 3, 1597 artifact entry (No. P144797). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144797 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1597 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144797 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1597 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144797},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144797},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144797
LB  - CDLI:P144797
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - SAT 3, 1597 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144797
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 3, 1597 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144797.
SAT 3, 1597 artifact entry (No. P144797). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144797 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1597 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144797 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1597 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144797},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144797},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144797
LB  - CDLI:P144797
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - SAT 3, 1597 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144797
ER  -
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