SAT 1, 433 (P131536)

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 019985

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (gaba-ri)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila3 lu2-{d}utu dumu dab5-ba
2. 1(disz) sila3 ur-mes gala
3. 1(disz) sila3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 gala
4. 1(disz) sila3 lu2-{d}suen lu2 bu3-u2-du
5. 1(disz) sila3 lugal-ab-ba lu2 {d}nin-gal
6. 1(disz) sila3 ARAD2-mu erin2 e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
7. 1(disz) sila3 lu2-{d}dumu-zi lu2 {gi}dusu
8. 1(disz) sila3 ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
9. 1(disz) sila3 lu2-uru11{ki} sipa
10. 1(disz) sila3 ur-bad3-tibir-ra ARAD2 lugal-sza3-la2
11. 1(disz) sila3 sza3-ha-ma erin2 lu2 mu-ni-gin7-du10
12. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz 1(disz) sila3-ta
13. {gesz}kiri6 {d}nin-gir2-su gaba-ri
14. e2-kikken2 gub-ba
15. 1(disz) sila3 ur-tur lu2 azlag2
16. 1(disz) sila3 lu2-uru11{ki} sza3-gu4 nam-tur
17. 1(disz) sila3 ur-mes e2 uru11{ki}
18. 1(disz) sila3 nam-iri-na e2 {d}nin-mar{ki}
19. 1(disz) sila3 ur-{d}nansze dumu lu2-{d}nin-szubur
20. 1(disz) sila3 sza3-a-ba-mu-da-su2 e2 {d}nansze
21. 1(disz) sila3 ba-ta-sa6-ge e2 {d}ga2-tum3-du10
22. 1(disz) sila3 ur-sukkal lu2 nig2-sig-IL2
reverse
1. 1(disz) sila3 da-du sza3-gu4 e2 {d}szul-gi
2. 1(disz) sila3 lu2-{d}utu sza3-gu4 e2 {d}nin-gesz-zi-da
3. 1(disz) sila3 na-ga
4. 1(disz) sila3 lugal-ab-ba
5. 1(disz) sila3 ug3-IL2
6. ug3-IL2 e2 {d}nin-mar{ki}-me
7. 1(disz) sila3 bu3-u2-zi lu2 ku-la
8. nita-me
9. 1(disz) sila3 nin9-ba-zi
10. 1(disz) sila3 ki-lu5-la
11. 1(disz) sila3 nin-ra-giri17-zal
12. 1(disz) sila3 la-ba-szum2-e
13. 1(disz) sila3 nin-ki-ur5-sa6
14. 1(disz) sila3 geme2-dub-szen
15. 1(disz) sila3 sa6-ga
16. 1(disz) sila3 geme2-usz-gid2-da
17. 1(disz) sila3 u3-gu2-zi
18. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz 1(disz) sila3-ta gub-ba-me
19. 1(disz) sila3 2(u) 5(disz) geme2 gurusz 1(disz) sila3-ta ar3-ar3
20. iti GAN2-masz u4 1(u) ba-zal-ta
21. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-sze3
22. sze-bi 4(asz) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
23. u4 3(u) 4(disz)-kam
24. sza3-gal lu2 sze dab5-ba-ke4-ne
25. {d}nin-szubur dumu lu2-[...]
26. mu us2-sa {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (gaba-ri)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: SAT 1, 433

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 019985
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0025

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.01.10 (us2 year), Amar-Suen.02.02.14 (us2 year)
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Accounting Period: Amar-Suen.02.01.10 (us2 year) to Amar-Suen.02.02.14 (us2 year)

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-04 at 10:57:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2011-07-22 at 14:04:37	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:35:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:27:09	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (036173) (036173)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.19985) (BM.19985)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-25) (W_1895-1017-25)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 433 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131536.

SAT 1, 433 artifact entry (No. P131536). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131536 (Original work published 2001)

SAT 1, 433 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131536 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 433 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131536},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131536},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 433 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131536.

SAT 1, 433 artifact entry (No. P131536). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131536 (Original work published 2001)

SAT 1, 433 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131536 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 433 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131536},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131536},
}

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