SNAT 090 (P129851)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015443

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 7(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6
3. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
  some text moved to next line
4. iti mu-szu-du7
  blank space
5. al ak u2 ze2 a-sza3 musz-bi-edin-na
6. kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dumu lu2-{d}nanna
reverse
1. szesz-kal-la szabra
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-a-hun
seal 1
1. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}nanna
4. szabra

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Amar-Suen.04.08.00 to Amar-Suen.04.09.00

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005394 (composite) (P458104) S005394 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P129851

Physical information

unopened envelope

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
unopened envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 015443
Accession Number 1896-04-10, 0169

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 033587
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15443
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0410-169

References

  • primary: SNAT, 90

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2015-12-21 at 07:53:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:29 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 090 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129851.
SNAT 090 artifact entry (No. P129851). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129851 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 090 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129851 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 090 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129851},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129851},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129851
LB  - CDLI:P129851
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - SNAT 090 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129851
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 090 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129851.
SNAT 090 artifact entry (No. P129851). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129851 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 090 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129851 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 090 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129851},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129851},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129851
LB  - CDLI:P129851
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - SNAT 090 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129851
ER  -
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