SAT 1, 418 (P131522)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 019995

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...]-{d}nanna
2. [...]-ra-bi2
3. [...]-sa6-sa6
4. 5(ban2) ur-{d}dumu-zi zah3 a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
5. 3(ban2) {d}nanna-ku3-zu
6. dumu u2-szim-e e2 {d}szul-gi-me
7. e2 ga2-ge6-ta
8. giri3 a-tu dumu la-la
9. usz2 lugal-ra!-gaba im-e tak4
10. dumu geme2 kar-ke3{ke4}
11. umma{ki}-ta
12. giri3 ur-{d}nun-gal
13. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) a-kal-la lu2 azlag2 en
14. dumu ur-{d}li9-si4
15. giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu
16. ur-e2-dam
17. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) szer7-da-ni
18. dumu e2-ki-gal-la lu2 e2
19. ti!(BAL)-ra-asz2
20. bara2-si-ga-ta
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. zi [...]
2'. dumu lu-du-du-ni
3'. bala im he2-eb2-[...]
4'. 1(asz@c) 5(ban2) a-kal-la ARAD2 [...]
5'. {d}ugula-ukken
6'. e2 a-ri2-na-ta
7'. giri3 ur-{d}nun-gal
8'. ki du10-ga-ta
9'. zi ukken-ne2 {d}utu-gin7 lugal-sa6
10'. e2 {d}nanna
11'. dumu geme2 kar-ke3{ke4}
12'. nigin6{ki}-ta
13'. giri3 a-tu dumu la-[la]
14'. ki lugal-iri-da
15'. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) lugal-[...]
16'. dumu-lugal uri5{ki}
17'. ugula zabar-[dab5]
18'. nin-bi-al-sa6
19'. 1(asz@c) 4(ban2) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
20'. dumu he2-du-du-[ta]
21'. nigin6{ki}-[ta]
22'. giri3 lugal-lu2-[sa6-sa6]
reverse
column 1
1. usz2 ur-{d}ig-alim im-e tak4-a
2. dumu nig2-{d}ba-ba6
3. 1(asz@c) 1(u) ur-{d}lamma im-e tak4-a
4. dumu kinda?-ku3
5. 1(asz@c) 1(u) nin?-es3-sa2
6. e2 {d}nin-[...]
7. dumu lu2-{d}dumu-[zi]
8. munu4-mu2 ur-{d}[...]
9. dumu ad-[da]
10. szesz es3-sa2-ab-du
11. giri3 ur-{d}nun-gal
12. 1(asz@c) 1(u) ur-sag-ub3{ki}
13. im-e tak4-a
14. 1(asz@c) 1(u) nin9-bi
15. [...]-ta
16. [...] lu2-sa6

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P131522

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 019995
Accession Number 1895-10-17, 0035

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 036159
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.19995
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1017-35

References

  • primary: SAT 1, 418

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

    Rations

Revisions and credits

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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:23 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:48:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:30:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:04:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:35:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:08 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 418 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131522.
SAT 1, 418 artifact entry (No. P131522). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131522 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 418 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131522 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 418 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131522},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 418 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131522.
SAT 1, 418 artifact entry (No. P131522). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131522 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 418 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131522 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 418 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131522},
}


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