SNAT 089 (P129850)

Administrative tag excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 012378

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak
 en: accounts
3. gu4 udu
 en: of oxen and sheeps
4. mu#
 en: year (incomplete or effaced)
  the year using the remaining two lines, before realizing
  he had omitted the standard closing formula
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here
reverse
1. mu en-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun
 en: Year: "Enmahgalanna, the en-priestess of Nanna, was installed"

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P129850

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 012378
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 033586
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.12378
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-1224-91

References

  • primary: SNAT, 89

    [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: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, p. 435

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

    unusable

  • history: MVN 17, 143

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-12-21 at 12:37:42 Chóliz, Guillermo Transliteration Chóliz, Guillermo Dahl, Jacob L. Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2015-05-06 at 08:23:00 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:29 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 089 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129850.
SNAT 089 artifact entry (No. P129850). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129850 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 089 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129850 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {SNAT 089 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129850},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129850},
}


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TI  - SNAT 089 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 089 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129850.
SNAT 089 artifact entry (No. P129850). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129850 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 089 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129850 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
@misc{2024SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {SNAT 089 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129850},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129850},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129850
LB  - CDLI:P129850
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - SNAT 089 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129850
ER  -
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