SNAT 374 (P130134)

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 106404

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. 1(disz) a-ta
2. 1(disz) ur-zigum-ma
3. 1(disz) nin-a2-mu
4. la-la-a ti-la-a
5. ur-kun-e nam-geme2 in-ak-a
6. in-na-an-ba
7. 1(disz) lugal-nig2-lagar-e nar
8. 1(disz) ur-e11-e
9. 1(disz) da-da
10. 1(disz) e2-gissu gala ba-usz2
11. lu2 ki inim-ma-me
12. e2-gissu gala-e nam-erim2-bi in-ku5
13. 1(disz) lugal-he2-gal2 nar
14. ur-[x]-DI#?-ke4 igi ki-ag2-sze3
15. [u3] 1(disz) szu-im-[...]-gi4
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [x] x ba-ba-a sag x igi-gal2 ti-a ur-kun i3-me-a
3'. 1(disz) dingir-bu3-zi
4'. 1(disz) ur-e11-e
5'. 1(disz) da-da
6'. lu2 ki inim-ma-me
7'. dingir-bu3-zi nam-erim2-ma ba-ni-dab5
8'. igi ensi2-ka-sze3
9'. igi lu2-du10-ga dumu lugal-sze3
10'. igi ur-nigar{gar} dumu ha-ba-lu5-ge2
11'. igi a-ab-ba szabra-sze3
12'. igi ba-al-li2 muhaldim-sze3
13'. igi lu2-{d}nin-szubur dumu inim-{d}szara2-sze3
  blank space
14'. iti diri
  some text moved to next line
15'. mu sza-asz-ru{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, 374

    [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: Care of the Elderly p.23-57, p. 52-53

    [Wilcke1998elderly] Wilcke, Claus. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 23–57. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: BM 106404
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.13.00 (intercalated)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
2013-08-17 at 13:12:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:35 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 374 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130134.
SNAT 374 artifact entry (No. P130134). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130134 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 374 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130134 (Accessed: February 14, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 374 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130134},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130134},
}


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