SNAT 129 (P129890)

Letter 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 014679

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) sze gur lugal
2. {d}nanna-kam sukkal
3. ki ur-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta
4. ba-zi
5. na-ni
reverse
1. u3-na-a-du11
2. he2-eb2-zi-zi
3. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ARAD2-{d}nanna
2. sukkal-mah
3. dumu ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
4. sukkal-mah
5. 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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SNAT, 129

    [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: Michalowski Letters, 059:085

    [Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.

  • history: TCS 1, 337

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

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  • Museum No.: BM 014679
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:39:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:49 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-07-29 at 12:59:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-22 at 17:56:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000043 (composite) (P430144) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šū-Suen.01.00.00, Šū-Suen.09.05.00

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 129 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129890.
SNAT 129 artifact entry (No. P129890). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129890 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 129 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129890 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SNAT 129 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129890},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129890},
}

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