SNAT 470 (P130230)

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 106138

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

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) 9(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 sze
2. la2-ia3 sze-numun kiszib3 da-da dumu inim-du11
3. 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
4. kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e ugula#
5. 1(u) 8(asz) gur la2-ia3 sahar-ra
6. kiszib3 ur-e2-nun-na
7. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
8. kiszib3 ur-{d}da-mu ugula
9. 7(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) 2/3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
10. dub-dub-sze3 tum3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e ugula
  1 line blank
11. giri3 ur-{d}szara2 sza13-dub-ba
12. 5(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 sze gur
13. kiszib3 ur-{d}nun-gal szesz a-ab-ba
14. 2(barig) sze kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e aga3-us2 a-ab-ba
15. 3(gesz2)# geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
16. 1(asz) sze gur
17. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
18. 3(barig) dabin
reverse
1. 2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) {gesz}haszhur duru5 gur
2. 4(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) sar szum2 gaz!
3. 1(gesz2) {gesz}ge6#-par4# had2
4. kiszib3 ur#-[e2]-nun-na
5. 1(u) 4(asz) 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 zu2-lum gur
6. kiszib3 ur-nigar{gar} nu-{gesz}kiri6
7. giri3 lugal-ezem
  1 line blank
8. kiszib3 la2-ia3 sila-a gal2-la lu2 nig2-dab5-ba-ke4-ne
9. ki ur-{d}szara2 sza13-dub-ba-ka-ta
10. e2-gal-e-si ba-an-dab5?
11. iti nesag
12. mu ma2 {d}en-ki-ka ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. e2-gal-e-si
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}szara2
4. sa12-du5-ka

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SNAT, 470

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 106138
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.04.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2011-07-22 at 14:02:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:37 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002250 (composite) (P454960) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.07.00.00, Šū-Suen.07.00.00

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 470 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130230.
SNAT 470 artifact entry (No. P130230). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130230 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 470 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130230 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 470 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130230},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130230},
}


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