SNAT 159 (P129920)
Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 012257Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 3(u) sze gur lugal
2. sze-numun a-sza3 {d}ig-alim
sze-numun (#erasure#) a-sza3 {d}ig-alim
1 line blank
3. ki a2-da-da-ta
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
1 line blank
2. iti munu4-gu7
3. mu en-mah-gal-an-na masz-e i3-pa3
seal 1
1. ur-szu-ga-lam-ma
2. dub-sar
3. dumu nam-mah
4. szabra
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)
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Artifact type:
Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
- Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: SNAT, 159
[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.
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history: MVN 17, 28
[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.
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- Museum No.: BM 012257
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- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.05.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2011-07-22 at 14:01:51 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:33:37 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:26:31 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (033652) (033652)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.12257) (BM.12257)
- British Museum Collection (W_1894-1019-28) (W_1894-1019-28)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 004705 (composite) (P457415) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2023SNAT,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {SNAT 159 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P129920},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129920},
}
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