SNAT 091 (P129852)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017824

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 3(u) sze gur
2. sza3-gal amar-ra-sze3
3. ki {d}nanna-zi-sza3-gal2
4. ensi2 gir2-su{ki}-ta
5. inim-{d}inanna szusz3
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. kiszib3 {d}szara2-kam
  blank space
2. iti szu-esz-sza
3. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. {d}szara2-kam
column 2
1. dub-sar
2. dumu inim-{d}szara2
3. sa12-du5 lugal-ka
4. ARAD2-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 & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: SNAT, 91

    [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.

  • history: QNAR 1, BM 17824

    [Altavilla2005QNAR1] Altavilla, Stefania. 2005. Neo-Sumerian Sealing Impressions in the British Museum. Quaderni Napoletani Di Assiriologie. Ricerche 1. Roma: Aracne.

    (seal)

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  • Museum No.: BM 017824
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0084

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.08.00 (Reichskalender)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-19 at 08:33:09 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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 14:01:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:29 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 000353 (composite) (P430449) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 091 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129852.
SNAT 091 artifact entry (No. P129852). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129852 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 091 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129852 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 091 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129852},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129852},
}


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