SAT 3, 1741 (P144941)

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 01394

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. 6(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
2. kiszib3 a-za-a lu2 eb-gal
3. 3(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze szuku-ra sza3-gu4
4. 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) sze-ba guru7-a tak4-a gur
5. sza3 kiszib3 usz-mu
6. kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
7. 2(asz) 2(barig) sze szuku-ra sza3-gu4 gur
8. kiszib3 ab-ba-gi-na
9. 2(barig) kiszib3 lugal-za-e3
10. 4(asz) gur sza3-gal udu niga sza3 kiszib3 usz-mu
11. ur-{gesz}gigir dumu a2-a-si-lu
12. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. 1(asz) sze szuku-ra gur ur-[...] dumu lugal-{gesz}gigir
2. 1(asz) sze szuku gur du10-ga-mu
3. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
4. 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze-ba gaszam
5. kiszib3 lugal-nir
6. 4(barig) sze-ba lukur
7. 1(u) 3(asz) 4(ban2) gur sze-ba iti-da
8. ki-su7 igi e2 a-sza3 la2-mah-ta
9. ki na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P144941

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 01394
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 049924
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-016135
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.1394

References

  • primary: SAT 3, 1741

    [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 la2-mah

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
2011-07-22 at 14:29:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:32:02 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, 1741 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144941.
SAT 3, 1741 artifact entry (No. P144941). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144941 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1741 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144941 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1741 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144941},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144941},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144941
LB  - CDLI:P144941
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - SAT 3, 1741 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144941
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 3, 1741 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P144941.
SAT 3, 1741 artifact entry (No. P144941). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P144941 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 3, 1741 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P144941 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2023SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SAT 3, 1741 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P144941},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P144941},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P144941
LB  - CDLI:P144941
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - SAT 3, 1741 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P144941
ER  -
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