SAT 1, 429 (P131532)

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 020356

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (3 gín/gurusz)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) gurusz 3(disz) gin2-ta
 en: 3 male laborers at 3 shekels each,
 de: 3 Arbeiter zu je 3 Sekel,
2. ku3-bi 9(disz) gin2
 en: the silver: 9 shekels;
 de: das dazugehörige Silber: 9 Sekel
3. lu2 gesz-i3 sanga {d}dumu-zi-me
 en: they are plant oil workers of the temple household manager of Dumuzi;
 de: —sie sind Pflanzenfettleute des Dumuzi-Verwalters—
4. mu na-mu-sze3
 en: instead of Namu
 de: wird anstatt von Namu
reverse
1. ha-ba-zi-zi
 en: will to Ḫabazizi
 de: dem Ḫabazizi
2. su-su-dam
 en: be repaid;
 de: zurückerstattet;
3. mu en {d}nanna masz2-e i3-pa3
 en: year: “The high-priestess of Nanna through extispicy was named.”
 de: Jahr: “Die Nanna-Priesterin wurde durch Leberschau bestimmt.”

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SAT 1, 429

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

    Gurus (work) to be returned


  • history: CDOG 4 (pp. 121-152), 126, 135

    [Englund2012CDOG4] Englund, Robert K. 2012. “Versilberte Arbeit. Äquivalenzenfestsetzung in Der Ur-III-Zeit,” Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 4: 121–52.

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  • Museum No.: BM 020356
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0396

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-21 at 10:22:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 10:57:37 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
2014-03-16 at 14:45:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:04:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:35:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:09 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, 429 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131532.
SAT 1, 429 artifact entry (No. P131532). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131532 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 429 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131532 (Accessed: November 22, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {SAT 1, 429 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131532},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131532},
}

TY  - ELEC
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TI  - SAT 1, 429 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 429 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131532.
SAT 1, 429 artifact entry (No. P131532). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131532 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 429 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131532 (Accessed: November 22, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {SAT 1, 429 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131532},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131532},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131532
LB  - CDLI:P131532
M1  - 2025/11/22/
TI  - SAT 1, 429 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131532
ER  - 
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