SAT 1, 323 & 324 (P131430)

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 020979

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. 3(barig) sze lugal
2. ba-zi
3. dumu ga-a
4. 2(barig) szesz-kal-la
5. 3(barig) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
reverse
1. sze ur5-ra
2. i3-dub he-gal2-ta
3. iti amar-a-a-si
4. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
5. 3(barig) sze lugal
6. ba-zi dumu ga-a
envelope
obverse
1. 3(barig) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
2. 2(barig) szesz-kal-la dumu ug3-IL2
3. sze ur5-ra
4. i3-dub he-gal2-la-ta
reverse
1. iti amar-a-a-si
2. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. lugal-sukkal
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ga-a

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SAT 1, 323 & 324

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

    Loan of barley


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 020979
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 1019

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.10.00
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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
2024-07-04 at 10:56:23 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
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
2009-06-03 at 10:50:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:18:17 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. 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 003680 (composite) (P456390) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 323 & 324 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131430.
SAT 1, 323 & 324 artifact entry (No. P131430). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131430 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 323 & 324 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131430 (Accessed: November 21, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 323 & 324 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131430},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131430},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131430
LB  - CDLI:P131430
M1  - 2025/11/21/
TI  - SAT 1, 323 & 324 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131430
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 323 & 324 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131430.
SAT 1, 323 & 324 artifact entry (No. P131430). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131430 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 323 & 324 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131430 (Accessed: November 21, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 323 & 324 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131430},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131430},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131430
LB  - CDLI:P131430
M1  - 2025/11/21/
TI  - SAT 1, 323 & 324 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131430
ER  - 
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