SAT 1, 318 (P131426)

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 020972

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)

envelope
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub a-sza3 gi-dah-ha-ta
  blank space
  seal impression
3. ki ba-zi-ta
4. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
5. dumu ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra
reverse
1. iti mu-szu-du7
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
2. dumu ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra
3. lu2 na-gab2-tum

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope


  • primary: SAT 1, 318

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

    Barley from Bazi to Lu-Ninsubur son of Ur-Badtibirra


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 020972
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 1012

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
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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
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-10-13 at 15:03:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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 003221 (composite) (P455931) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 318 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131426.
SAT 1, 318 artifact entry (No. P131426). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131426 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 318 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131426 (Accessed: August 3, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 318 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131426},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131426},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 318 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131426.
SAT 1, 318 artifact entry (No. P131426). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131426 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 318 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131426 (Accessed: August 3, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 318 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131426},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131426},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131426
LB  - CDLI:P131426
M1  - 2025/8/3/
TI  - SAT 1, 318 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131426
ER  - 
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