SAT 2, 0687 (P143887)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 13004

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) sar al ak 4(disz) sar-ta
2. a2-bi u4 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u)
3. sze-bi 1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
4. a2 5(disz) sila3-ta
5. ki-BAD a-sza3 sipa-de3-ne
reverse
1. kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam lugal-e2-mah-e
2. giri3 a-kal-la
3. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. lugal-e2-mah-e
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003415.1 (composite) (P533682) S003415.1 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P143887

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 13004
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 048870
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-026539
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.13004

References

  • primary: SAT 2, 687

    [Sigrist2000SAT2] Sigrist, Marcel. 2000. Texts from the Yale Babylonian Collections. Part 1. Sumerian Archival Texts 2. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    Hoeing in the field

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-28 at 16:07:07 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2011-07-22 at 14:26:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:16:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:37:46 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:12:25 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 2, 0687 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P143887.
SAT 2, 0687 artifact entry (No. P143887). (2024, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P143887 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 2, 0687 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P143887 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SAT 2, 0687 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P143887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P143887},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P143887
LB  - CDLI:P143887
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - SAT 2, 0687 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P143887
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 2, 0687 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P143887.
SAT 2, 0687 artifact entry (No. P143887). (2024, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P143887 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 2, 0687 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P143887 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SAT 2, 0687 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P143887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P143887},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P143887
LB  - CDLI:P143887
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - SAT 2, 0687 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P143887
ER  -
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