SAT 3, 1579 (P144779)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 11703

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. 2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
2. 2(disz) sila3 ga gazi
3. siskur2 e2 {d}en-lil2-la2-ka
reverse
1. ki a-tu-ta
2. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
3. iti szu-numun
4. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-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

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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P144779

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) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 11703
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 049762
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-014549
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.11703

References

  • primary: SAT 3, 1579

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

    Fat and milk for the ensi

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 264, NBC 11703

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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 CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-08-19 at 11:53:09 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:28:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:58 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, 1579 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144779.
SAT 3, 1579 artifact entry (No. P144779). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144779 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1579 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144779 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1579 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144779},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144779
LB  - CDLI:P144779
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - SAT 3, 1579 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144779
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 3, 1579 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144779.
SAT 3, 1579 artifact entry (No. P144779). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144779 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1579 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144779 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1579 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144779},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144779
LB  - CDLI:P144779
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - SAT 3, 1579 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144779
ER  -
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