SNAT 062 (P129831)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013248

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) ad7 udu
2. 6(disz) ad7 sila4 ba-usz2
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3. kiszib3 lu2-{d}ba-ba6 nu-banda3 usz-bar
4. ugula du11-ga-zi-da
5. iti sze-sag11-ku5
6. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba#-hul mu us2-sa-bi#
reverse
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seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. lu2-{d}ba-ba6
2. ra2-gaba
3. ARAD2-zu

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope


  • primary: SNAT, 62

    [Gomi1990SNAT] Gomi, Tohru, and Susumu Sato. 1990. Selected Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from the British Museum. Abiko: The Research Institute of the Chuo-Gakuin University.

  • history: Waetzoldt, UNT, 57

    [Waetzoldt1972UNT] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1972. Untersuchungen Zur Neusumerischen Textilindustrie. Studi Economici e Tecnologici, N. 1. Roma: Centro per le antichità e la storia dell’arte del Vicino Oriente.

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  • Museum No.: BM 013248
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.11.00 (us2-us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2018-08-23 at 08:56:48 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-10-13 at 15:03:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-19 at 10:34:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:28 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006139 (composite) (P458849) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.42.05.00, Amar-Suen.01.00.00

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 062 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129831.
SNAT 062 artifact entry (No. P129831). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129831 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 062 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129831 (Accessed: February 14, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {SNAT 062 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129831},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129831},
}

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