SAT 1, 164 (P131273)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021301

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

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) dug
2. lu2-ukken-ne2 sukkal
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz
4. elam 2(disz)-am3
5. szu ba-ti
6. lu2 sig4 bu3-re-me
reverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) dug
2. ba-a-a lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
3. nibru{ki}-ta gen-na
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P131273

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 021301
Accession Number 1895-11-12, 0060

External resources

References

  • primary: SAT 1, 164

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

    Beer for messengers


Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 10:57:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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
2014-08-24 at 12:11:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:04:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:34:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:01 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 164 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131273.
SAT 1, 164 artifact entry (No. P131273). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131273 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 164 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131273 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 164 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131273},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131273},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 164 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131273.
SAT 1, 164 artifact entry (No. P131273). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131273 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 164 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131273 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 164 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131273},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131273},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131273
LB  - CDLI:P131273
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - SAT 1, 164 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131273
ER  - 
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