SNAT 220 (P129981)

Legal 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 015464

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 8(disz) sar kislah sza3 balag-ra {gesz}kiri6
2. ku3 2/3(disz) gin2 x
3. lugal-a2-zi-da
4. al-la-sze3
5. in-szi-sa10-a mu lugal in-pa3
6. tukum-bi
7. inim nu-gi-in
reverse
1. {gesz}geszimmar-mu
2. inim-ba ga-ra-szum2 [...]
3. bi2-du11
4. igi ur-si-gar nu-{gesz}kiri6-sze3#
5. igi ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da#} ku3-dim2#
6. igi lu2-da-da ha-za-num2 dam-gar3
7. igi gu-na-na
8. igi lu2-dingir-ra
9. igi lugal-ezem#
10. igi ARAD2-{d}szara2#
left
1. <igi> lu2-{d}szara2 dumu nimgir-di-de3
envelope
obverse
1. 8(disz) sar kislah sza3 rin5-na-ra# {gesz}kiri6
2. ku3 2/3(disz) gin2 sze3#
3. lugal-a2-zi-da
4. al-la-sze3
5. in-szi-sa10-a
6. mu lugal in-pa3
7. tukum-bi
reverse
1. inim nu-gi-in
2. {gesz}geszimmar-mu
3. inim-ba ga-ra-szum2
4. bi2-du11
5. igi ur-si-gar nu-{gesz}kiri6-sze3#
6. igi ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da} ku3-dim2-sze3#
6. igi lu2-da-da ha-za-num2 dam-gar3-ne
7. igi gu-na-na-sze3
8. igi lu2-dingir-ra-sze3
9. igi lugal-ezem-sze3
10. igi ARAD2-{d#}szara2#-sze3
left
1. igi lu2-{d}szara2 dumu nimgir#-di#-de3#
seal 1
1. a-al-la
2 dumu a2-zi

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    Seal of A-al-la dumu A2-zi

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: SNAT, 220

    [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: FAOS 17, no. 125

    [Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 015464
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0191

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
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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
2021-11-14 at 19:38:03 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2016-01-08 at 12:25:49 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:32 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 005308 (composite) (P458018) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 220 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129981.
SNAT 220 artifact entry (No. P129981). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129981 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 220 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129981 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 220 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129981},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129981},
}


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