SNAT 101 (P129862)

Administrative tablet 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 012262

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. ki ur-{d}lamma-ta
  1 line blank
3. nig2-gur11 szu ba-ti bala-sze3
reverse
1. giri3 ur-{d}en-ki
2. iti sze-il2-la
  1 line blank
3. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
seal 1
1. nig2-[gur11]
2. dumu ni?-[...]
3. x-x

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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, 101

    [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: MVN 17, 32

    [Pettinato1993MVN 17] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1993. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12230 - BM 12390). Vol. XVII. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

  • citation: Fs Foster (pp. 185-202), 189

    [Garfinkle2010FsFoster] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2010. “Merchants and State Formation in Early Mesopotamia.” In Opening the Tablet Box : Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Benjamin R. Foster, 42:185–202. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Leiden : Brill.

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  • Museum No.: BM 012262
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.12.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-23 at 14:24:15 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-23 at 14:17:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2011-07-22 at 14:01:46 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
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 003922 (composite) (P456632) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 101 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129862.
SNAT 101 artifact entry (No. P129862). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129862 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 101 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129862 (Accessed: August 29, 2025).
@misc{2024SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 23},
	title = {SNAT 101 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129862},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129862},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129862
LB  - CDLI:P129862
M1  - 2025/8/29/
TI  - SNAT 101 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129862
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 101 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129862.
SNAT 101 artifact entry (No. P129862). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129862 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 101 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129862 (Accessed: August 29, 2025).
@misc{2024SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 23},
	title = {SNAT 101 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129862},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129862},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129862
LB  - CDLI:P129862
M1  - 2025/8/29/
TI  - SNAT 101 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129862
ER  - 
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