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SNAT 248 (P130009)

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 012435

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. [... x u3 sze erin2] usz2# iri-sag
3. sza3#-bi-ta
4. 1(gesz'u) 3(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 dabin
5. 3(gesz2) 2(barig) 1(ban2) gur sze erin2# usz2
6. [ki] {d}nin-gir2-su-ta
7. [x] 4(u) 9(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) gur
8. [sze] szuku-ra didli
9. [x] 1(gesz2) 1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gur
10. [sze] erin2-na-sze3
11. [x] {d}szul-gi# [x]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. szunigin 3(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) [...] 3(ban2) gur sze szuku-ra
3'. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
4'. sze szuku-ra erin2-na [x]
5'. 8(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) gur ki# ur-gu-la-mu
6'. 1(asz) guru7 3(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur
7'. mu-kux(DU)#
8'. 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gur
9'. zi#-ga mu-du12-du12
10'. [mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2]
11'. za-ab-sza-li{ki#} [...]

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: SNAT, 248

[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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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 012435
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.05.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:23	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:01:57	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:33:40	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:33	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

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“SNAT 248 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009.

SNAT 248 artifact entry (No. P130009). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 248 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 248 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009},
}

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ER  -

“SNAT 248 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009.

SNAT 248 artifact entry (No. P130009). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 248 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 248 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130009
LB  - CDLI:P130009
M1  - 2025/3/15/
TI  - SNAT 248 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130009
ER  -

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