SAT 3, 1561 (P144761)

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 09762

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) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz saga
2. 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz du
3. u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
4. 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 kasz saga
5. 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 kasz du
6. u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
reverse
1. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
2. 3(ban2) kasz du
3. u4 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
5. 2(ban2) kasz du
6. lu2-{d}nanna
7. ki a-al-li2-ta
8. kiszib3 ensi2
9. iti sze-sag11-ku5
10. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. a-a-kal-la
2. ensi2
3. umma{ki}
4. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šū-Suen.05.01.14 to Šū-Suen.05.01.16 (us2 year)

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000033 (composite) (P430134) S000033 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.06.11.00, Šū-Suen.09.01.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P144761

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 09762
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: SAT 3, 1561

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

    Beer for the ensi


Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:42 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-07-25 at 11:20:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 11:52:48 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:28:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:57 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 3, 1561 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144761.
SAT 3, 1561 artifact entry (No. P144761). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144761 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1561 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144761 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1561 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144761},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144761},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144761
LB  - CDLI:P144761
M1  - 2026/4/15/
TI  - SAT 3, 1561 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144761
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“SAT 3, 1561 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144761.
SAT 3, 1561 artifact entry (No. P144761). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144761 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1561 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144761 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1561 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144761},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144761},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144761
LB  - CDLI:P144761
M1  - 2026/4/15/
TI  - SAT 3, 1561 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144761
ER  - 
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