SNAT 533 (P130293)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106111

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

-

tablet
obverse
1. 8(asz)#! gur lugal-{gesz}gigir-re ugula-gesz2-da
2. [...] 3(asz) gur du10-ga dumu lum-ma
3. 1(u) 1(asz)# gur# he2-du-du
4. 8(asz) gur# lugal-me-du10-ga
5. 2(u) la2 1(asz) gur ab-ba-saga#
6. 1(asz) gur# [...]
7. 5(asz) [gur] lugal-[...]
8. 1(u) 2(asz) gur# lugal-mas#-su2#!
9. 3(u)#! gur ur-{gesz}gigir dumu ur-tesz2
10. 1(u) 2(asz) gur du-du-am3
11. 5(asz) gur lu2!-kal-ga
12. 2(asz) gur lu2-tum2-mu
13. 2(u) gur ur-{d}nin-mug-ga dumu ur-mes
14. 2(asz) gur mes2-e2
15. 7(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur ur-{d}suen dumu ur-{d}bil3
16. 1(u) 6(asz)#? gur {d}er3-ra-dan
17. [x] 3(barig) gur ur-{d}dumu-zi-da tug2-du8
reverse
1. [...] 1(u)! gur lu2-saga dumu an-ne2-ba-ab-du7
2. 4(asz) 4(barig) gur ur-{d}bil3 lu2 ma2 szuku diri
3. 3(asz) gur ur-{d}utu dumu da-du
4. 2(barig) du10-ga lu2-gi-di-da
5. 3(barig) du-du dumu lugal-ka
6. sze ur5-ra erin2 iri!-ke4-ne
7. szunigin 3(gesz2) 1(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
8. sza3 dub-ba
9. 1(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) gur la2-ia3 sze zi-ga [ma2]-lah5#-bi
10. 2(barig) lu2-{d}suen ma2-lah5
11. 1(asz) 1(barig) gur sila3 ri#?
12. [2(barig) {d}]nanna-x
13. la2-ia3 sze zi-ga ma2-lah5-e-ne
14. 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze {kusz}a-ga2-la2 kesz2-ra2
15. ur-{d}nin-hur#!-sag-ga2#
16. 4(barig) inim#?-{d}utu engar gibil
17. szunigin 4(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) gur kiszib3 nu#!-ra#-a
18. sag-ba lu2-sa6#-i3-zu nam-erim2# bi2-ku5
19. nig2-ka9-ta#! ba-an-na-zi
  blank space
20. szunigin 3(gesz2) 1(u) 8(asz) 2(ban2) gur
21. giri3 lu2-sa6-i3-zu

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
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:


  • primary: SNAT, 533

    [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.

  • citation: From the 21st Century BC (pp. 347-424), 411 20

    [Steinkeller2013CorvéeLabor] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2013. “Corvée Labor in Ur III Times.” Edited by Steven J. Garfinkle and Manuel Molina. From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D. : Proceedings of the International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 106111
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:34:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:41 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 533 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130293.
SNAT 533 artifact entry (No. P130293). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130293 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 533 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130293 (Accessed: November 5, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 533 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130293},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130293
LB  - CDLI:P130293
M1  - 2025/11/5/
TI  - SNAT 533 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130293
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 533 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130293.
SNAT 533 artifact entry (No. P130293). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130293 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 533 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130293 (Accessed: November 5, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 533 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130293},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130293},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130293
LB  - CDLI:P130293
M1  - 2025/11/5/
TI  - SNAT 533 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130293
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.