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SNAT 195 (P129956)

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 016203

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(barig) i3-gesz
2. dug-bi 1(disz)-am3
3. giri3 szesz-kal-la
4. 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 dug-bi 2(disz)
5. 1(barig) dug bi 2(disz) [...]
6. 2(ban2) dug bi [x]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [x] {d}szul-[...]
3'. szu ba-ti#
4'. kiszib3 nu-tuku#
1 line blank
5'. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
6'. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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, 195

[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 016203
Accession No.: 1896-06-12, 0423

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.02.00
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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
2011-07-22 at 14:01:54	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:33:38	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 (033682) (033682)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.16203) (BM.16203)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0612-423) (W_1896-0612-423)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 195 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129956.

SNAT 195 artifact entry (No. P129956). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129956 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 195 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129956 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 195 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129956},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129956},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 195 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129956.

SNAT 195 artifact entry (No. P129956). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129956 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 195 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129956 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 195 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129956},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129956},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P129956
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - SNAT 195 artifact entry
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