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SNAT 028 (P129802)

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 014340

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] ma-na la2 1(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 2(u) 6(disz) sze ku3#-babbar#
2. ku3 zu2-lum gu2-ab-ba{ki#}-ka
3. ki ba-a-ta
4. kiszib3 tuku
5. kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}
reverse
1. 1(gesz2) gu2# siki-gi
2. ku3-bi 6(disz) ma-na
3. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ARAD2-mu-ta
1 line blank
4. i-di3-{d}suen dumu szu-la-ba dam-gar3
5. mu si-mu-ur4-ru-um{ki} lu-lu-bu{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: SNAT, 28

[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: Waetzoldt, UNT, 68

[Waetzoldt1972UNT] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1972. Untersuchungen Zur Neusumerischen Textilindustrie. Studi Economici e Tecnologici, N. 1. Roma: Centro per le antichità e la storia dell’arte del Vicino Oriente.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 014340
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2018-03-23 at 19:18:40	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2017-02-15 at 19:33:08	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:01:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:33:28	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:27	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (017001) (017001)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0406-38) (W_1896-0406-38)

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 028 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129802.

SNAT 028 artifact entry (No. P129802). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129802 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 028 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129802 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129802},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129802
LB  - CDLI:P129802
M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - SNAT 028 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129802
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 028 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129802.

SNAT 028 artifact entry (No. P129802). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129802 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 028 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129802 (Accessed: March 17, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129802},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129802
LB  - CDLI:P129802
M1  - 2026/3/17/
TI  - SNAT 028 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129802
ER  -