SNAT 278 (P130038)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 106231

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. sag# gur#?-ra#-bi# n 2(barig)# x x
3. sag#-nig2-gur11-ra-[kam]
4. sza3#-bi-ta
5. [2(gesz2)] 1(u) 2(barig) sze gur
6. 2(asz)#? 3(barig)# 2(ban2)# ziz2 gur
7. kiszib3 a-da-ga
8. 3(u) kiszib3 ur-{d}pil3?
9. 2(barig) gu4-KU
10. 1(asz) dub-sar
11. 5(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3# gur
12. kiszib3 lugal-nesag-e
13. 7(asz) 4(barig) gur
14. kiszib3 ur-nigar[{gar}]
reverse
1. 8(asz) gur
2. ARAD2 ka-guru7
3. gur zabar-ta
4. 2(asz) kiszib3 a-tu
5. 2(barig) in-da-da
6. 4(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sze 1(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ziz2
7. ur-tul2-sag-ga2 iszib
8. 3(asz) 2(barig) kiszib3 lugal-a2-zi-da gudu4
9. gur sa2-du11-ta
  blank space
10. szunigin# 3(gesz2) 1(u) 1(barig) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur
11. [szunigin x] 1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur
12. zi#-ga-am3
13. [la2-ia3 n] 4(ban2) la2 [x] sila3# gur#
  rest broken
left
1. iti dal
  some text moved to next line
2. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba#-[hul]

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, 278

    [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 106231
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-27 at 19:36:00 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-06 at 14:04:01 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:13:17 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 278 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130038.
SNAT 278 artifact entry (No. P130038). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130038 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 278 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130038 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 278 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130038},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130038},
}


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