SNAT 136 (P129897)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 014716

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
1. 1(disz) ab2-mah2
2. ku3-bi 7(disz) gin2
3. 1(disz) gu4-gesz
4. ku3-bi 7(disz) gin2
5. ki a-a-kal-la-ta
6. apin {d}nin-sun2-ka-sze3
reverse
1. al-la nu-banda3-gu4-gesz i3-dab5
2. giri3 lugal-igi-husz
3. u3 giri3 ur-{d}ba-ba6
4. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
5. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P129897

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 014716
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 033630
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.14716
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0407-105

References

  • primary: SNAT, 136

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2011-07-22 at 14:01:50 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 Artifacts

“SNAT 136 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129897.
SNAT 136 artifact entry (No. P129897). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129897 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 136 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129897 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 136 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129897},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129897},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129897
LB  - CDLI:P129897
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - SNAT 136 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129897
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 136 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129897.
SNAT 136 artifact entry (No. P129897). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129897 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 136 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129897 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 136 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129897},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129897},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129897
LB  - CDLI:P129897
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - SNAT 136 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129897
ER  -
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