SNAT 208 (P129969)

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 014011

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

52.0 mm × 70.0 mm × 22.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 8(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
2. masz2 mu 3(disz)-bi 5(disz) gin2-am3
  calculation: 8 1/3 × 3 / 5 = 5
3. mu e2 {d}szara2 ba-du3
4. 1/2(disz) gin2 9(disz) 1/2(disz) sze ku3
  some text moved to preceding line
5. mu en {d}inanna masz2-e i3-pa3
6. [n] sila3 i3-nun 5(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
7. [n] ud5# 6(disz) masz2-nita2
8. da#-a-ga
9. [n] ud5 ka5-a-mu
10. [n] ud5 ur-{d}lu2-lal3
11. [n] masz2 1(disz) udu 5(disz) sila3 i3-nun 1(ban2) ga-ar3
12. du-du
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1. 2(disz) ud5 3(disz) masz2-nita2
2. u2-da
  blank space
3. ki sipa-e-ne-ta
4. lu2-{d}nin-szubur-ke4
5. su-su-dam
6. iti szu-esz5-sza
7. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 52.0 high × 70.0 wide × 22.0 thick
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  • primary: SNAT, 208

    [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: DTBM = Nisaba 8, 4

    [Politi2005DTBM] Politi, Janet, and Lorenzo Verderame. 2005. The Drehem Texts in the British Museum (DTBM). Nisaba 8. Messina: Di.Sc.A.M.

  • history: Debt and Economic Renewal (pp. 108-135), 126 n. 2-2

    [Steinkeller2002Moneylending] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2002. “Money-Lending Practices in Ur III Babylonia: The Issue of Economic Motivation.” Edited by Michael Hudson and Marc Van De Mieroop. Debt and Economic Renewal in the Ancient Near East.

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  • Museum No.: BM 014011
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-02, 0111

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.00.00, Ibbi-Suen.03.09.00 (Reichskalender)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-12-31 at 11:52:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2018-03-23 at 19:18:40 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-04-10 at 08:37:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:32 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 208 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129969.
SNAT 208 artifact entry (No. P129969). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129969 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 208 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129969 (Accessed: April 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 208 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129969},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129969},
}


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