SNAT 008 (P129782)

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 017973

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)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sza3-gal udu niga
3. 1(barig) sza3-gal gu4 szu-gi4
4. 3(ban2) sza3-gal amar du3-a gub-ba
reverse
1. ki inim-{d}ba-ba6-i3-dab5-ta
2. zum-zum kuruszda
3. iti amar-a-a-si
4. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. [1(asz) 3(barig) sze] gur# lugal
2. [sza3]-gal# udu niga
3. [1(barig)] sza3-gal gu4 szu-gi4
  blank space
4. 3(ban2) sza3-gal amar du3-a gub-ba
reverse
  broken
seal 1
1. zum-zum
2. [...]
3. [...]

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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  • primary: SNAT, 8

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 017973
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2021-07-27 at 15:03:50 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:27 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005533 (composite) (P458243) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 008 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129782.
SNAT 008 artifact entry (No. P129782). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129782 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 008 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129782 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129782},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129782},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129782
LB  - CDLI:P129782
M1  - 2026/3/3/
TI  - SNAT 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129782
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 008 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129782.
SNAT 008 artifact entry (No. P129782). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129782 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 008 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129782 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129782},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129782},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129782
LB  - CDLI:P129782
M1  - 2026/3/3/
TI  - SNAT 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129782
ER  - 
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