SAT 1, 400 (P131504)

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 020661

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. ur-{d}da-mu
3. 2(disz) sila3 ur3-re-ba-du7
4. 2(disz) sila3 lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su e2-udu
5. 5(disz) sila3 mar-tu munus
6. 4(ban2) ninda
reverse
1. he2-dab5 {gesz}tukul-e dab5 {gi}dusu-ne szu ba-ti
2. giri3# lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
3. 4(disz) sila3 aga3-us2 ensi2 szuku# nu-dab5 {gesz}kiri6-ne gub-ba-me
4. zi-ga u4 9(disz)-kam
5. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SAT 1, 400

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

    Caravan text


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  • Museum No.: BM 020661
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0701

  • 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, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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 14:04:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:35:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:08 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 400 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131504.
SAT 1, 400 artifact entry (No. P131504). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131504 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 400 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131504 (Accessed: September 6, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 400 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131504},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131504},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131504
LB  - CDLI:P131504
M1  - 2025/9/6/
TI  - SAT 1, 400 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131504
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 400 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131504.
SAT 1, 400 artifact entry (No. P131504). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131504 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 400 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131504 (Accessed: September 6, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 400 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131504},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131504},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131504
LB  - CDLI:P131504
M1  - 2025/9/6/
TI  - SAT 1, 400 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131504
ER  - 
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