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SNAT 229 (P129990)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 013381

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) 1(disz) gurusz al [...]
2. ugula ur-x
3. 5(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz al 1(u) [sar]
4. 1(gesz2) 3(u)# gurusz
5. erin2 gi-zi-me
6. 4(u) 4(disz) gurusz al 1(u) sar#
7. 3(u) 8(disz) gurusz al 1(u) [sar]
reverse
1. 9(disz)# tur-tur {u2}|ZI&ZI|#
2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) gurusz
3. lu2 hun-ga2-me
4. 2(u) gurusz sza3-gu4-me engar
blank space
5. szunigin 3(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 [...]
6. gurum2# ak iti kin-[{d}inanna]
7. u4 3(disz) ba-zal
8. nu-banda3 lugal-me-lam2#

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, 229

[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 013381
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.00.06.03
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:56:23	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:01:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:33:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:32	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 (033700) (033700)
The British Museum Collection (W_1896-0328-472) (W_1896-0328-472)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 229 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129990.

SNAT 229 artifact entry (No. P129990). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129990 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 229 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129990 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129990},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129990},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 229 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129990.

SNAT 229 artifact entry (No. P129990). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129990 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 229 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129990 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129990},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129990},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129990
LB  - CDLI:P129990
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - SNAT 229 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129990
ER  -