SNAT 126 (P129887)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015893

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. 3(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
2. a-sza3 du6-lugal-u5-a
3. 1(bur'u) 3(bur3) 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
4. a-sza3 nin-e-gu3-ba-de2
5. 6(bur3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
6. a-sza3 nin-ki-ur5-sa6
7. 3(bur3) 2(esze3) 1/4(iku) GAN2
8. a-sza3 igi-bara2-szar-ru-gin7
9. 2(esze3) 1(iku) 1/4(iku) a-sza3 HAR-gid2
10. 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) a-sza3 nin-a2-zi-da#
11. 4(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) a-sza3 nin-nam2-mah
12. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) a-sza3 nin-sag-gal
13. 2(esze3) 1(iku) a-sza3 ama-ra-ki-ag2-egir-u2-gaba
reverse
1. 4(bur3)# 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) a-sza3 lisz-HA-me-x
2. 1(bur3) 2(esze3) 4(iku) a-sza3 ama-ra-ki-ag2-hu-rim3{ki}-x
3. 2(bur3) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) a-sza3 gaba inim-ma-dingir
4. 2(bur3) a-sza3 du6-esz3
5. 1(bur'u) 5(bur3) 1(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
6. a-sza3 {d}nansze-gar-ra
7. 3(bur3) 2(esze3) 5(iku) a-sza3 i-szar-ra
8. 2(esze3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) a-sza3 uru11-lu2
9. 1(esze3) 3(iku) a-[sza3 ...]-x-ba
10. 2(esze3) 2(iku) gaba a-sza3 {d}en-lil2-la2
11. ($ blank space $) 1(szar2) 6(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
12. ga-ga-ra a-sza3 sipa
13. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki#}
left
1. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SNAT, 126

    [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 015893
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0113

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2011-07-22 at 14:01:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:30 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 126 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129887.
SNAT 126 artifact entry (No. P129887). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129887 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 126 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129887 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 126 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129887},
}


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