SAT 1, 269 (P131378)

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 020902a

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. 5(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga gur lugal
2. 1(u) 2(barig) nig2-ar3-ra du gur
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}ig-alim
4. ki szesz-kal-la-ta
5. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
6. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ig-alim
2. dumu ur-{d}[...-sza3?]
3. lu2 kasz

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, 269

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

    Flour for Ur-lgalim from Seskalla


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  • Museum No.: BM 020902a
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0942

  • 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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2013-07-06 at 14:12:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:04:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:35:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:05 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 004948 (composite) (P457658) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 269 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131378.
SAT 1, 269 artifact entry (No. P131378). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131378 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 269 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131378 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 269 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131378},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131378},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 269 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131378.
SAT 1, 269 artifact entry (No. P131378). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131378 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 269 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131378 (Accessed: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 269 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131378},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131378},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131378
LB  - CDLI:P131378
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - SAT 1, 269 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131378
ER  - 
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