SNAT 173 (P129933)

Administrative tag 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 014736

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. mu didli sze-ba siki-ba geme2 usz-bar
 en: various years, barley rations and wool rations for the female weavers (of)
3. 1(disz) ab-ba-gu-la
 en: Abba-gula
4. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu ur-{d}lamma
 en: Lu-Ninšubur, son of Ur-Lamma
5. [1(disz)] ad#-da dumu da-a-da
 en: Adda, son of Dayada
6. 1(disz) lugal-ab-ba
 en: Lugal-abba
7. 1(disz) ur-sze-il2-la
 en: Ur-še'ila
8. 1(disz) ad#?-da dumu e2-me-lam2
 en: Adda, son of E-melam
9. 1(disz) i3-zu
 en: Izu
10. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
 en: Ur-Ningešida
reverse
1. 1(disz) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
 en: Girini-Isa
2. 1(disz) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
 en: Lu-Ninšubur
3. 1(disz) da-a-da
 en: (and) Dayada;
4. u3 nigin-ba
 en: and grand totals
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here
  blank space
6. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
 en: in Gu-abba,
7. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
 en: year: "(Ibbi-Suen) chose by means of the omens the en-priest od Inanna in Uruk"

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: Tag
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SNAT, 173

    [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: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 249

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

  • history: SH Diss 319

    [sec19030] N.d.

  • history: Waetzoldt, UNT, 85

    [Waetzoldt1972UNT] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1972. Untersuchungen Zur Neusumerischen Textilindustrie. Studi Economici e Tecnologici, N. 1. Roma: Centro per le antichità e la storia dell’arte del Vicino Oriente.

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  • Museum No.: BM 014736
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-01 at 11:43:40 Chóliz, Guillermo Translation Chóliz, Guillermo Lafont, Bertrand approved View
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
2015-05-06 at 08:23:00 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-08-16 at 12:56:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:13:00 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 173 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129933.
SNAT 173 artifact entry (No. P129933). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129933 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 173 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129933 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2024SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {SNAT 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129933},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129933},
}


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