SNAT 086 (P129847)

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 014818

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

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. i7 inim-ma-dingir-ta
2. 1(disz) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 3(disz) kusz3 sukud
3. 1(disz) sar kab2-ku5
4. 3(gesz2) 3(u) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 2(disz) x kusz3 sukud#
5. 1(disz) sar kab2-ku5
6. 4(gesz2) 3(u) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 3(disz) kusz3 sukud
7. 2(gesz2) 3(u) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 2(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 sukud
8. 1(gesz2) 4(u) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 2(disz) kusz3 sukud
9. 3(u) ninda gid2 1(disz) kusz3 dagal 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 sukud
10. 5(u) ninda gid2 1(disz) kusz3 dagal 1(disz) kusz3 sukud
11. 1(disz) x
12. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 1(u) ninda gid2 a-sza3 6(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) sar
column 2
1. e2-duru5 ka5-[a-mu ...]
2. a-sza3 inim-ma#-[{d}...]
3. {d}nin-hur-sag# [...]
4. 4(u) ninda gid2 1(disz) kusz3 [dagal] 2(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 [sukud]
5. 1(disz) sar kab2-ku5
6. 5(gesz2) 4(disz) ninda gid2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 dagal 2(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 sukud
7. 1/2(disz) sar kab2-ku5
8. 2(u) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 2(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 sukud
9. 3(disz) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 2(disz) kusz3 sukud
10. 5(disz) sar kab2-ku5
11. 2(disz) ninda gid2 4(disz) kusz3 dagal 5(disz) kusz3 sukud
12. a-igi a-egir u2-sag11 kab2-ku5
13. 4(u) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 2(disz) kusz3 sukud
14. 1(disz) sar kab2-ku5
reverse
column 1
1. 4(u) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 2(disz) kusz3 sukud
2. 4(u) 5(disz) ninda gid2 1(disz) kusz3 dagal 1(disz) kusz3 sukud
3. 2/3(disz) sar kab2-ku5#
blank space
4. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) ninda gid2
5. a-sza3 3(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) sar
6. e2 sipa tur-ra-sze3
7. a-sza3 {ku}kur6-nig2-du10
8. e2 sipa tur-ra-ta
9. 1(disz) ninda gid2 1(disz) kusz3 dagal 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 sukud
10. 2(disz) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 2(disz) kusz3 sukud
11. 1(disz) sar kab2-ku5
12. 2(disz) ninda gid2 2(disz) kusz3 dagal 2(disz) 1/2(disz) [kusz3 sukud]
13. 2(disz) ninda gid2 3(disz) [kusz3 dagal] 2(disz) [kusz3 sukud]
14. 2(disz) sar kab2#-[ku5]
15. 3(u) ninda gid2 [x kusz3 dagal x kusz3 sukud]
16. 3(u) ninda gid2 [x kusz3 dagal x kusz3 sukud]
column 2
1. 1(disz) ninda gid2 2(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 dagal 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 sukud
2. 1(gesz2) 4(u) ninda gid2 1(disz) kusz3 dagal 1(disz) kusz3 sukud
3. murgu2 a-sza3 nig2-du7-sze3
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4. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 5(u) ninda gid2
5. a-sza3 3(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) sar
6. a-sza3 ki-BAD-a-dah
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7. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) sar
8. kin gid2-da
9. giri3 al-la
blank space
10. sanga {d}szul-gi
11. iti mu-szu-du7
12. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

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, 86

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 014818
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Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.09.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2022-04-07 at 17:50:23	Lafont, Bertrand	Atf	Lafont, Bertrand		CDLI	approved
2017-03-03 at 09:56:23	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2015-11-06 at 11:26:44	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2012-11-26 at 12:14:35	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:01:37	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:33:31	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:29	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (033583) (033583)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.14818) (BM.14818)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0408-13) (W_1896-0408-13)

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Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 086 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129847.

SNAT 086 artifact entry (No. P129847). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129847 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129847 (Accessed: December 23, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129847},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129847},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 086 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129847.

SNAT 086 artifact entry (No. P129847). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129847 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 086 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129847 (Accessed: December 23, 2025).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129847},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129847},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129847
LB  - CDLI:P129847
M1  - 2025/12/23/
TI  - SNAT 086 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129847
ER  -