SAT 1, 279 (P131388)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020103

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) geme2
2. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
3. 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 3(disz) geme2
4. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki}-nigin6{ki}
5. 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) geme2
6. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
7. szunigin
8. 1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) geme2
9. geme2 1(disz)-e 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
10. geme2 1(disz)-e 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum-ta
reverse
1. i3-gesz-bi 2(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
2. zu2-lum-bi 1(gesz2) 4(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur
3. geme2 usz-bar-e i3-ib2-ba
4. giri3 ur-{d}da-mu
5. e2 lu2 {gesz}tukul lugal
6. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SAT 1, 279

    [Sigrist1993SAT1] Sigrist, Marcel. 1993. Texts from the British Museum. Sumerian Archival Texts 1. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    Rations in oil and dates for women weavers


  • history: ASJ 20, p.63-110, p. 93

    [Maekawa1998labor] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1998. “Ur III Girsu Records of Labor Forces in the British Museum (1).” Acta Sumerologica 20: 63–110.

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  • Museum No.: BM 020103
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0143

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:23 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:04:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:35:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:06 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“SAT 1, 279 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131388.
SAT 1, 279 artifact entry (No. P131388). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131388 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 279 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131388 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SAT 1, 279 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131388},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P131388},
}

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