SAT 1, 314 (P131422)

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 020947a

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. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub gu2-sag-{gesz}erin-gaba-ta
3. ki ba-zi-ta
4. ur-{d}nansze
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
3. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nansze
2. dub-sar
3. dumu [...]

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, 314

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

    Barley from Bazi to Ur-Nanse


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  • Museum No.: BM 020947a
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0987a

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.07.00 (us2 year)
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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
2011-07-22 at 14:04:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:35:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:06 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 005160 (composite) (P457870) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 314 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131422.
SAT 1, 314 artifact entry (No. P131422). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131422 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 314 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131422 (Accessed: November 29, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 314 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131422},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131422},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
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TI  - SAT 1, 314 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 314 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131422.
SAT 1, 314 artifact entry (No. P131422). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131422 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 314 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131422 (Accessed: November 29, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 314 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131422},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131422},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131422
LB  - CDLI:P131422
M1  - 2025/11/29/
TI  - SAT 1, 314 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131422
ER  - 
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