SNAT 075 (P129838)

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 012304

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
column 1
1. x [...] x
  n lines broken
  blank space
2'. szunigin 3(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
3'. sza3-bi-ta
4'. 3(bur'u) 2(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
5'. 4(bur3) GAN2 bala 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
6'. 1(u) 6(disz) a2# hun#-ga2#
column 2
1. a-sza3 he-gal2
2. 1(bur'u) 7(bur3)# GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-[ta]
3. [x] 5(bur3) GAN2 bar-ra# 1(asz) 1(barig)
4. [x] a2 hun-ga2
5. [...] ur#-{d}en-lil2-la2
6. 2(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
7. 4(disz) a2 hun-ga2
8. a#-sza3 a-sag-du3-du-igi-{d}ig-alim
9. 1(bur'u) 8(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
10. 1(u) 5(disz) a2 hun-ga2 1(ban2)
11. a-sza3 a-sag-du3-du-gu-la!
12. 1(u) 2(ban2)-ta
13. a-[...] x
14. 7(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
15. a-sza3 {d}dumu-zi
16. 3(disz) amar gu4 2(barig)-ta
17. 3(disz) amar ansze 1(barig)-ta
18. sze-bi 2(asz) 1(barig) gur
reverse
column 1
1. 8(bur3) GAN2 bar 1(asz) 4(barig)
2. 4(bur3) GAN2 bar 1(asz) 4(barig)
3. a-sza3 {gesz}asal2
  blank space
4. szunigin 1(szar2) 2(bur'u) 6(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
5. sze-bi 2(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(asz) gur
6. szunigin 4(bur3) GAN2 bala-a 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
7. sze-bi 6(asz) gur
8. szunigin GAN2 bar-ra
  szunigin (#erasure#?) GAN2 bar-ra
9. szunigin 3(disz) amar gu4 2(barig)-ta
10. szunigin amar ansze 1(barig)-ta
11. sze-bi 2(asz) 1(barig) gur
12. szunigin 3(u) 6(asz) gur
13. a2 hun-ga2
column 2
1. szunigin 8(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 4(barig)
2. szunigin 1(bur'u) 9(bur3) GAN2 1(asz) 1(barig)
3. sze-bi 3(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) ziz2 gur
4. szunigin 3(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz)# 2(barig) gur
5. zi-ga
6. la2-ia3 1(u) 1(asz) 3(ban2) gur
  blank space
7. [...] lagasz{ki#}
8. [mu {d}amar]-{d}suen [lugal-e ur]-bi2#-lum{ki} mu#-hul

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SNAT, 75

    [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: MVN 17, 70

    [Pettinato1993MVN 17] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1993. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12230 - BM 12390). Vol. XVII. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012304
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:30 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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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 075 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129838.
SNAT 075 artifact entry (No. P129838). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129838 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 075 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129838 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 075 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129838},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129838},
}


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