SAT 1, 276 (P131385)

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 020461

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 8(disz) geme2 5(ban2) sze lugal
2. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) geme2 3(ban2)-ta lugal
3. 5(disz) geme2 a2 1/2(disz) 3(ban2)-ta
4. 4(disz) geme2 szu-gi4 2(ban2)-ta
5. 1(u) 9(disz) dumu 2(ban2)-ta
6. 2(u) 5(disz) dumu 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
7. 4(u) 3(disz) dumu 1(ban2)-ta
reverse
1. 1(disz) gurusz szu-gi4 i3-du8 5(ban2)
2. sze-bi 2(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
3. sze-ba geme2 usz-bar
4. ugula ur-{d}da-mu
5. iti sze-sag11-ku5
6. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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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, 276

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

    Barley rations for weaver women


  • history: Care of the Elderly p.23-57, p. 34

    [Wilcke1998elderly] Wilcke, Claus. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 23–57. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: BM 020461
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0501

  • 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 metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2011-07-22 at 14:04:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:35:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:06 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 276 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131385.
SAT 1, 276 artifact entry (No. P131385). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131385 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 276 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131385 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 276 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131385},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131385},
}

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TI  - SAT 1, 276 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 276 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131385.
SAT 1, 276 artifact entry (No. P131385). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131385 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 276 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131385 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 276 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131385},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131385},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131385
LB  - CDLI:P131385
M1  - 2026/3/1/
TI  - SAT 1, 276 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131385
ER  - 
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