SAT 1, 007 (P131117)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020878a

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) sze lugal
2. sza3-gal he2-dab5-sze3
3. ki gu-za-ni-ta
4. kiszib3 ur-mes dumu lu2-{d}dumu-zi
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
2. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-mes
2. dumu lu2-{d}dumu-zi ugula

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 Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: SAT 1, 7

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

    Barley for workers from Guzani to Urmes

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  • Museum No.: BM 020878a
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0918a

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.03.00 (us2 year)
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 10:57:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:03:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:34:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:57 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
CDLI Seals 004564 (composite) (P457274) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“SAT 1, 007 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131117.
SAT 1, 007 artifact entry (No. P131117). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131117 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 007 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131117 (Accessed: June 21, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 007 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131117},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131117},
}


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