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SAT 1, 251 (P131360)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020948a

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. 4(asz) gur lugal dabin
2. ma2-a si-ga
3. giri3 ur-igi-zi-bar-ra
4. ki ur-igi-zi-bar-ra-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 a-tu
2. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
seal 1
1. a-tu dub-[sar]
2. dumu lu2-[{d}nansze]
3. dub-sar he2-dab5

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, 251

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

Flour from Ur-igizibarra to Atu

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020948a
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0988a

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.03.00
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Date Comments:
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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 14:04:19	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:35:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:27:05	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 (035997) (035997)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-988-a) (W_1895-1017-988-a)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 001840 (composite) (P454550)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 251 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131360.

SAT 1, 251 artifact entry (No. P131360). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131360 (Original work published 2001)

SAT 1, 251 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131360 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).

@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131360},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131360},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131360
LB  - CDLI:P131360
M1  - 2026/1/29/
TI  - SAT 1, 251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131360
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 251 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131360.

SAT 1, 251 artifact entry (No. P131360). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131360 (Original work published 2001)

SAT 1, 251 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131360 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).

@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131360},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131360},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131360
LB  - CDLI:P131360
M1  - 2026/1/29/
TI  - SAT 1, 251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131360
ER  -