SNAT 181 (P129942)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015864

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. [n] GAN2# gesz a-ra2 2(disz)
2. [x-{d}]szul#?-pa#-e3
3. [n] 3(ban2) sze-numun ga2-ra
4. [...] {d}szara2-zi-da
5. [n] GAN2 gesz# a-ra2 2(disz)
6. szesz#-a-ni
7. [ugula?] ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
8. [a]-sza3# sza-ra-hu-um#-ma
9. 3(ban2)# sze-numun {d}szara2-mu-tum2
10. ugula ur-lugal
11. 3(ban2) sze-numun ur-dingir-ra
12. 1(gesz2) gurusz hun-ga2 al 4(disz) sar-ta
13. ugula ur-ge6-par4
14. 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 2(disz)
15. ur-{d}suen
16. ugula# ab-ba-gi-na
reverse
1. [n] GAN2# x [a-ra2] 2(disz)#
2. [...] x
3. ugula lu2#-dingir-ra
  blank space
4. a-sza3 na4#
5. gurum2 u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam#
  blank space
6. iti# min-esz3
7. mu# en {d}inanna masz2-e i3-pa3

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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, 181

    [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 015864
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0084

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.07.09
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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
2020-09-15 at 01:39:04 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 181 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129942.
SNAT 181 artifact entry (No. P129942). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129942 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 181 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129942 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 181 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129942},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129942},
}


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