SNAT 129 (P129890)

Letter tablet 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 014679

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) sze gur lugal
2. {d}nanna-kam sukkal
3. ki ur-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta
4. ba-zi
5. na-ni
reverse
1. u3-na-a-du11
2. he2-eb2-zi-zi
3. mu si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. ARAD2-{d}nanna
2. sukkal-mah
3. dumu ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
4. sukkal-mah
5. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000043 (composite) (P430144) S000043 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šū-Suen.01.00.00, Šū-Suen.09.05.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P129890

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 014679
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 015223
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.14679
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0407-68

References

  • primary: SNAT, 129

    [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: Michalowski Letters, 059:085

    [Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.

  • history: TCS 1, 337

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:39:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:49 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-07-29 at 12:59:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-07-22 at 17:56:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:30 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 129 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129890.
SNAT 129 artifact entry (No. P129890). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129890 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 129 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129890 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SNAT 129 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129890},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129890},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 129 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129890.
SNAT 129 artifact entry (No. P129890). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129890 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 129 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129890 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SNAT 129 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129890},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129890},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129890
LB  - CDLI:P129890
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - SNAT 129 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129890
ER  -
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