SAT 3, 1487 (P144687)

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 00641

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. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gesz
2. szesz-a-ni
3. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 {d}utu-ba-an-e11
4. dumu a-du-du
5. sza3-gu4 zah3-me
reverse
1. iti min-esz3-ta
2. [u4 x] ba-ra-<zal-la>-ta
3. ki ka-guru7-ta
4. sza3-gu4 i7-pa-e3
5. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nun-gal
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}szara2
4. sza13-dub-ba-ka

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):

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P144687

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 00641
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: SAT 3, 1487

    [Sigrist2000SAT3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2000. Texts from the Yale Babylonian Collections. Part 2. Sumerian Archival Texts 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    Sesame for a fugitive sha3-gu4


Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-10-09 at 22:36:51 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Submitted 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 14:28:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:56 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 3, 1487 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144687.
SAT 3, 1487 artifact entry (No. P144687). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144687 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1487 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144687 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1487 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144687},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144687},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144687
LB  - CDLI:P144687
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - SAT 3, 1487 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144687
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 3, 1487 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144687.
SAT 3, 1487 artifact entry (No. P144687). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144687 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1487 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144687 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1487 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144687},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144687},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144687
LB  - CDLI:P144687
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - SAT 3, 1487 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144687
ER  - 
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