SNAT 219 (P129980)

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 015124

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) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 a-sag lugal
2. 2(ban2) ar-za-na
3. sag#-masz lugal-sag3-ga
4. ki lu2-gu-la
reverse
1. x ur-nig2-ta
2. mu# ur-e2-gal-edin-ka-sze3
3. iri{ki}-bi
4. se-ge4-dam

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P129980

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 015124
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 033695
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.15124
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0408-319

References

  • primary: SNAT, 219

    [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 14:01:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:32 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 219 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129980.
SNAT 219 artifact entry (No. P129980). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129980 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 219 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129980 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 219 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129980},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129980},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 219 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129980.
SNAT 219 artifact entry (No. P129980). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129980 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 219 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129980 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 219 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129980},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129980},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129980
LB  - CDLI:P129980
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - SNAT 219 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129980
ER  -
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