SAT 3, 1739 (P144939)

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 01772

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]-ha-ti geme2 {d}szara2
2. {d}szara2 sza3 nar iti 3(disz)-kam
3. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) i-szar2-{d}iszkur
4. 4(u) sila3 {d}nin-ur4-ra
5. 1(barig) lugal-dub-la2
6. bahar3-me
7. 5(u) sila3 nin-tesz2 u3 <<u3>> nin-e2-gal-e
8. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) lugal-e2-mah-e
9. 1(barig) puzur4-i3-li2
10. 4(u) sila3 lugal-ezem
11. 4(u) sila3 lu2-{d}nin-ur4-ra
12. 2(barig) igi-zi iti 2(disz)-kam
13. 1(barig) 3(ban2) tur-am3-i3-li2
14. 1(barig) lu2-{d}inanna
15. 1(barig) ur-balag-ga2
16. 4(u) sila3 ur-{gesz}gigir
17. 4(u) sila3 lugal-{gesz}gigir-[ne]
18. 1(barig) szesz-kal-la
19. 2(barig) ur-[...]
20. 2(barig) 3(ban2) ur-[...]
21. 4(u) sila3 lugal-[...]
reverse
1. giri3-se3-ga [...] x
2. 4(u) sila3 igi-du8
3. 3(u) sila3 e2-zi-mu
4. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) ur-{d}iszkur ad-kup4
5. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) na-ba-sa6
6. 1(barig) lugal-nig2-lagar-e szesz bar-e-ne
7. 2(barig) 5(disz) ur-{d}szara2
8. 1(barig) ur-{d}ur3-bar-tab
9. 3(u) 5(disz) sila3 dumu lu2-du10-ga lu2 azlag2-me
10. 3(u) 5(disz) sila3 dumu dingir?-ra-ba-ni
11. 2(barig) ur-e2-mah iti 2(disz)-kam
12. 2(barig) giri3-se3-ga iti
13. 4(u) sila3 lu2-{d}nin-ur4-ra dumu nin-balag ki na-ba
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14. iti {d}li9-si4
15. 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) lu2 mar-sa-me
16. 4(u) sila3 u2-nig2-du10 i3-du8
17. szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) sze#-ba gur
18. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
19. ki-su7 a-sza3 muru13-ta
20. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šū-Suen.06.09.00 to Šū-Suen.06.10.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P144939

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 01772
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 049922
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-016513
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.1772

References

  • primary: SAT 3, 1739

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

    Barley rations for the people working on the threshing floor of the field muru

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:59:17 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-12-14 at 14:54:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:28:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:19:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:20:56 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. 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, 1739 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144939.
SAT 3, 1739 artifact entry (No. P144939). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144939 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1739 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144939 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1739 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144939},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144939},
}


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TI  - SAT 3, 1739 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 3, 1739 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144939.
SAT 3, 1739 artifact entry (No. P144939). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144939 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1739 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144939 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1739 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144939},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144939},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144939
LB  - CDLI:P144939
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - SAT 3, 1739 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144939
ER  -
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