SNAT 500 (P130260)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106093

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
column 1
1. 1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) sze-ba gur
2. szu nu-ti-a e2 ur-{d}nin-tu-ta
3. 5(ban2) dumu e2-nam-mah-ta
4. 3(ban2) ninda {d}nin-ur4-ra-tesz2
5. 3(ban2) ninda geme2-{d}nin-lukur-hi-li
6. 3(ban2) ninda s,e-lu-usz-du10
7. ki ur-{d}nin-tu-ta#
8. 3(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
9. ki ur-{d}nu-musz-da-ta#
10. 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2)#? [x] sila3 gur
11. ki lu2#-x-x-x-da-ta#
12. 3(asz)# 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
13. ki lugal-e2-mah-e-ta
14. 3(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
15. ki ur-{d}suen#-ta
16. 1(barig) geme2 kikken2 {d!}szara2
17. 3(ban2) lu2-[x] ga-IL2 {d}amar#-{d}suen
18. 2(barig) giri3-se3-ga e11-e
19. 2(barig) dumu al-la-li2
20. 2(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [x] gug4
21. 1(barig) lugal-e2-mah-e
22. 1(barig) ur-{d}gesztin-an-ka
23. 1(barig) ur-{gesz}gigir muszen-du3
24. 1(barig) 1(ban2) ur-sukkal
25. 1(barig) lu2-dingir-ra
column 2
1. 1(barig) lu2-{d}suen 5(disz)
2. 3(ban2) nin-{d}lamma
3. 2(ban2)#? ur-{gesz}gigir
  blank space
4. giri3-se3-ga ensi2-ka
5. 3(ban2) nin-tesz2 dumu a-ga-am
6. 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 aszgab
7. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 si-za-an-sa6
8. 1(barig) ASZ lu2-{d}nin-szubur szusz3 x dumu-ni
9. 1(barig) u2-li
10. 1(barig) igi-dingir-sze3 masz-sze3
11. 1(barig) lu2-ba
12. 3(ban2) lugal-{gesz}gigir-re
13. [...] lugal-ezem
  blank space
14. giri3-se3-ga zi-gu5-um
15. 1(barig) 2(ban2) geme2 du10 ug3 ki a-szi-an
16. 3(ban2) nin-gi-gu4-niga
17. 5(ban2) SIG7-a lugal-ku3-ga-ni ki {d}szara2-a-mu
18. 4(ban2) i!-ku!-{d}suen
19. 3(ban2) sza-x
20. 1(barig) szesz-kal-la
21. 1(barig) ur-{d}bil3
22. sipa unu3-me
reverse
column 1
1. x du11-ga-ni
2. 4(ban2) lu2-kal-la
3. lu2 tir-me
4. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) ur-e2-gu-la
5. 3(asz) la2 2(ban2) x sila3 sze-ba ug3 gur
6. 2(barig) 1(ban2) dumu a-szi-an
7. ki a-szi-an-ta
8. 3(ban2) ninda ur-e2-gal
9. 3(ban2) ur-ba-an-da
10. 1(ban2) ninda sipa-inim-gi-na
11. 3(ban2) szu-mu zah3#
12. 3(ban2) ninda lugal-ezem
13. gur
14. ki na-ba
15. 4(ban2) ur-{d}suen zah3
16. 1(asz)# gur
17. ki lugal-me-a
18. 2(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) gur ki i3-kal-la
19. 5(ban2) 5(disz) ur#!-{d}iszkur i3-du8 dam dumu-ni
20. 2(ban2) e2-zi-mu
21. ($ blank space $) gur
22. ki ur-{d}gesztin-an-ka
column 2
1. 2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba gur
2. ki lu2-kisal-ta
3. 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) sze-ba gur
4. ki in-sa6-sa6-ta
5. 1(barig) ninda {d}szara2-palil2
6. 3(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba gur
7. ki usz-mu
8. i7 sal4-la-ta sze-ba gur
9. ki lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
10. ($ blank space $) sze-ba gur
11. bahar3 ki inim-{d}szara2
  blank space
12. sze-ba szu nu-ti-a
13. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
14. mu bad3 <mar>-tu ba-du3

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, 500

    [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 106093
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.10.00
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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
2015-06-24 at 11:57:54 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-05-04 at 09:05:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:33 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 12:26:40 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 500 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130260.
SNAT 500 artifact entry (No. P130260). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130260 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 500 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130260 (Accessed: February 14, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 500 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130260},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P130260},
}


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