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SAT 1, 006 (P131116)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020932a

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) 4(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sza3-gal sag ku3-ta du8-a
3. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi-ta
4. kiszib3 er3-ra-nu-id
5. giri3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
reverse
1. iti munu4-gu7
2. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. er3-ra-nu-id
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-sa6-ga

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: SAT 1, 6

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

Barley from Ur-Baba to Irra-nuid

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020932a
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0972a

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.05.00 (us2 year)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:03:58	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:34:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:57	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 (035753) (035753)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-972-a) (W_1895-1017-972-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002310 (composite) (P455020)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 006 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131116.

SAT 1, 006 artifact entry (No. P131116). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131116 (Original work published 2001)

SAT 1, 006 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131116 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131116},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131116},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131116
LB  - CDLI:P131116
M1  - 2026/4/1/
TI  - SAT 1, 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131116
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 006 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131116.

SAT 1, 006 artifact entry (No. P131116). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131116 (Original work published 2001)

SAT 1, 006 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131116 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131116},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131116},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131116
LB  - CDLI:P131116
M1  - 2026/4/1/
TI  - SAT 1, 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131116
ER  -