SNAT 090 (P129851)

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 015443

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. 7(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
3. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
  some text moved to next line
4. iti mu-szu-du7
  blank space
5. al ak u2 ze2 a-sza3 musz-bi-edin-na
6. kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dumu lu2-{d}nanna
reverse
1. szesz-kal-la szabra
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2. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-a-hun
seal 1
1. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}nanna
4. szabra

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, 90

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 015443
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0169

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.08.00, Amar-Suen.04.09.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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
2015-12-21 at 07:53:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:29 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 005394 (composite) (P458104) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 090 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129851.
SNAT 090 artifact entry (No. P129851). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129851 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 090 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129851 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 090 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129851},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129851},
}


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