SNAT 128 (P129889)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 015945

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 8(asz) [... gur]
2. masz2 igi [...] si gal [...]
3. ki ur-x-[...]
4. nigar{gar}-ki#-[du10 dumu] ugula-gesz2-da#
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. ezem nesag-sze3
3. ag2-e-dam
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4. mu ma2-dara3-abzu {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. nigar{gar}-ki-du10
2. sipa# [gu4 niga]
3. dumu lugal-sa6-[ga]

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#new_text=P129889 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 8(asz) 8(asz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 gur gur[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 masz2 masz[goat] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 igi igi[eye] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 si _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 gal gal[big] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 9 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 ki ki[place] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 ur-x-... _[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abl _ _ _ _ 12 nigar{gar}-ki-du10 Nigarkidu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 ugula-gesz2-da Ugulageszda[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Erg _ _ _ _ 15 szu szu[hand] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 16 ba-ti n] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 ezem ezem[festival] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 nesag-sze3 nesag[first_fruit_offering] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 19 ag2-e-dam ag[measure] VERB V Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 ma2-dara3-abzu Madara'abzu[1] PROPN ON Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 {d}en-ki Enki[1] PROPN DN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 23 ba-ab-du8 du[caulk] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 nigar{gar}-ki-du10 Nigarkidu[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 sipa sipa[shepherd] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 26 gu4 gud[ox] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 niga niga[fattened] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 28 dumu dumu[child] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 29 lugal-sa6-ga Lugalsaga[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen _ _ _ _

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SNAT, 128

    [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 015945
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0165

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.00.00, Šū-Suen.03.04.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages 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
2009-06-03 at 10:46:29 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003956 (composite) (P456666) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 128 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129889.
SNAT 128 artifact entry (No. P129889). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129889 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 128 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129889 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 128 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129889},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129889},
}


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