SAT 1, 438 (P131541)

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 020123

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) sze lugal-gal-zi
2. 3(ban2) {d}nin-mar{ki}-i3-sa6
3. 1(barig) lu2-{d}na-ru2-a dumu ba-zi engar-me
4. lugal-ma2-gur8-re i3-dab5
5. 1(barig) lu2-{d}hendur-sag
6. 2(ban2) lu2-nimgir
7. 2(ban2) ku3-{d}nanna dumu-ni-me
8. 1(barig) kul-aba4{ki}-e
9. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a i3-dab5
10. 1(barig) ur-{d}lamma ma2-lah5
reverse
1. 1(barig) lugal-inim-gi-na dumu ur-dun ma2 gid2
2. 1(barig) dingir-mu-ma-an-szum2
3. a-ru-a e2-nig2-IL2 muszen-du3
4. lu2-{d}na-ru2-a 3(disz)
5. dumu e2-zi
6. 4(ban2) lugal-ezem dumu lugal-zi-mu lu2 a-NE
7. 4(ban2) {d}nin-mar{ki}-ka-i3-sa6
8. dumu ni-da-ah-ni-a
9. 4(ban2) {d}nin-mar{ki}-i3-sa6
10. a-ru-a ur-{d}en-ki nagar
11. 4(ban2) lu2-{d}nin-hur-sag dumu usz-bar
12. 1(barig) {d}nansze-kam dumu ur-{gesz}gigir
13. {gesz}gesztu i3-dab5
14. 1(barig) {d}utu-ku3-szar2-ra dumu e2-ki-bi lu2 gesz-i3-sze3
15. 1(barig) lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu a-ab-ba
16. iti amar-a-a-si

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SAT 1, 438

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

    Rations for workers


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  • Museum No.: BM 020123
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0165a ?

  • 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 metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2020-08-24 at 00:36:16 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2017-02-28 at 17:16:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:04:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:35:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:09 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 438 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131541.
SAT 1, 438 artifact entry (No. P131541). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131541 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 438 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131541 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 438 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131541},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131541},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
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TI  - SAT 1, 438 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 1, 438 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131541.
SAT 1, 438 artifact entry (No. P131541). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131541 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 438 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131541 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 438 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131541},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131541},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131541
LB  - CDLI:P131541
M1  - 2026/3/2/
TI  - SAT 1, 438 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131541
ER  - 
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