SAT 1, 339 (P131444)

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 020887a

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. 2(u) sze gur lugal
2. sze-numun-sze3 i3-dub inim-ma-{d}gu-la-ta
3. ki szu-esz-dar-ta
4. kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da dumu engar-du10
reverse
1. inim ur-{d}nun-gal-ta
2. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
2. dumu engar-du10 nu-banda3-gu4

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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  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope


  • primary: SAT 1, 339

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

    Barley for seeding from Su-Estar to Ur-Ningiszida


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 020887a
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0927a

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.00.00 (us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 10:57:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:04:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:35:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:50:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:36:18 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:18:26 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005202 (composite) (P457912) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 339 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131444.
SAT 1, 339 artifact entry (No. P131444). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131444 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 339 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131444 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 339 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131444},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131444},
}

TY  - ELEC
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M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - SAT 1, 339 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 339 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131444.
SAT 1, 339 artifact entry (No. P131444). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131444 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 339 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131444 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 339 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131444},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131444},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131444
LB  - CDLI:P131444
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - SAT 1, 339 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131444
ER  - 
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