SAT 1, 171 (P131280)

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 020924a

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
  (within unopened envelope)
envelope
obverse
1. 5(disz) dug dida imgaga3# 3(ban2)-ta
2. 1(u) dug dida saga 3(ban2)-ta
  blank space
  seal impression
4. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. ma2-u4-zal-la
2. e2-gal-la ba-kux(KWU147)
3. kiszib3 ensi2
4. giri3 ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra
  blank space
  seal impression
5. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
6. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
2. ur-{d}lamma
3. sza3?-tam?
4. ARAD2-zu

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, 171

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

    Beer for the palace

  • history: QNAR 1, BM 20924

    [Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

    (seal)

  • history: BagM 27 (pp. 215-228), 218 n. 15, Taf. 19.2 (seal)

    [Fischer1996BagM27] Fischer, Claudia. 1996. “Gudea Zwischen Tradition Und Moderne.” Baghdader Mitteilungen 27: 215–28.

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  • Museum No.: BM 020924a
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0964a

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-09 at 13:24:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2019-01-21 at 20:10:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2018-08-24 at 07:49:55 Firth, Richard Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:52 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-02-16 at 14:50:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-04-21 at 07:45:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-02-02 at 10:39:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:04:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:34:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:01 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 006168 (composite) (P458878) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.46.05.-- (us2 year), Amar-Suen.03.06.00 (us2 year)

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Cite this Artifact
“SAT 1, 171 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131280.
SAT 1, 171 artifact entry (No. P131280). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131280 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 171 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131280 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	month = {aug 9},
	title = {SAT 1, 171 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131280},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131280},
}


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