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SNAT 163 (P129924)

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 015361

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. 3(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur
2. szu-igi-du
3. 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 iti-de3 la2-a
4. 1(u) 4(asz) gur
5. guru7# {d}nin-gir2-su-ta
6. 2(asz) kiszib3 ur-{d}ba-ba6
7. sze-ba ur-{d}lamma
8. 4(asz) 4(disz) sila3 UD? lugal-sipa
9. ki a-kal-la-ta
10. 2(asz) ki x-[...]-x
reverse
1. x x x
2. kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-gir2-su#
3. 2(asz) 1(barig) kiszib3 igi-an-na-ke4-zu kuruszda
blank space
4. szunigin 2(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) gur
5. zi-ga
6. la2-ia3 5(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gur
7. nig2-ka9-ak ka la2-a
8. ur-{d}ba-ba6 <dumu?> {d}nin-kur-ra-igi-gal2
9. mu en {d}inanna masz-e i3-pa3
left
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6 kur-ra-igi-gal2

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, 163

[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 015361
Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0087

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:23	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2016-07-28 at 16:36:59	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 21:47:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:01:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:33:37	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:31	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (033656) (033656)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.15361) (BM.15361)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0410-87) (W_1896-0410-87)

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 163 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129924.

SNAT 163 artifact entry (No. P129924). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129924 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 163 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129924 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 163 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129924},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129924},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 163 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129924.

SNAT 163 artifact entry (No. P129924). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129924 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 163 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129924 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 163 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129924},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129924},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129924
LB  - CDLI:P129924
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - SNAT 163 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129924
ER  -