SNAT 491 (P130251)

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 106232

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. 9(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a zar3 tab-ba
3. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
4. kun-zi-da e2-duru5-{d}amar-{d}suen-ka gub-ba
5. u3 sa-du8 ak#? a-sza3 e2-mah
6. 5(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
7. kun-zi-da e2-duru5 a-[sza3] la2-mah
8. gub-ba
reverse
1. u3 szu2-luh ak
2. 5(u) 4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
3. a-sza3-ge a du11-ga a-sza3 nun
4. 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 szum2 ba-al-la
5. a-sza3 {d}szara2-gu2-gal
6. ugula lu2-{d}szara2
7. kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra
8. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
1. lu2-dingir-ra
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu [...]
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SNAT, 491

    [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 106232
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
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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
2020-12-13 at 11:55:53 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:55 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 002760 (composite) (P455470) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Amar-Suen.09.11.00, Šū-Suen.08.08.00

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 491 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130251.
SNAT 491 artifact entry (No. P130251). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130251 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 491 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130251 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 491 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130251},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130251},
}

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