SAT 1, 115 (P131224)

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 021044

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(ban2) zi3 u4 2(disz)-kam igi-a-a dumu nu-banda3
2. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 na-na-ri sukkal sa-bu-um{ki}-ta du-ni
3. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 szu-esz-dar aga3-us2
4. 2(disz) sila3 zi3 dingir-ba-ni lu2 kas4 {u2}urua{a}{ki}-ta du-ni
5. 1(ban2) zi3 u4 2(disz)-kam sza3-iri
6. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3 an-sza-an{ki}-sze3 du-ni
7. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 szu-i3-li2 dumu nu-banda3
8. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 isz-me-a
reverse
1. [...]
2. 2(ban2) zi3 sza3-iri
3. 2(ban2) zi3 kaskal-sze3 i-szar-pa2-dan dumu nu-banda3 a-ab-ba nigin2-de3 gen-na
4. 2(disz) sila3 zi3 szu-a-zi lu2 kas4 szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni
5. iti GAN2-masz

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SAT 1, 115

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

    Flour for messengers


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  • Museum No.: BM 021044
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-18, 0034

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2011-07-22 at 14:04:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:34:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:00 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 115 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131224.
SAT 1, 115 artifact entry (No. P131224). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131224 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 115 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131224 (Accessed: November 19, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 115 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131224},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131224
LB  - CDLI:P131224
M1  - 2025/11/19/
TI  - SAT 1, 115 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131224
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 115 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131224.
SAT 1, 115 artifact entry (No. P131224). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131224 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 115 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131224 (Accessed: November 19, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 115 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131224},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131224
LB  - CDLI:P131224
M1  - 2025/11/19/
TI  - SAT 1, 115 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131224
ER  - 
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