SNAT 247 (P130008)

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 014966

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1/3(disz) ma-na 8(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 uruda
2. dah-hu {uruda}si-im-da
3. ki ur-{d}nin-gir2-su-ta
4. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
reverse
  blank space
1. mu en-am-gal-an-na en {d}inanna ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}i-bi2]-{d}suen
2. [lugal kal-ga]
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an ub-[da limmu2-ba]
column 2
1. ur-gu-la-mu
2. dub-sar
3. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005962 (composite) (P458672) S005962 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Ibbi-Suen.04.00.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P130008

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 014966
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 033714
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.14966
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1896-0408-161

References

  • primary: SNAT, 247

    [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
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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 14:01:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:33 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 247 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130008.
SNAT 247 artifact entry (No. P130008). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130008 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 247 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130008 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 247 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130008},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130008},
}


TY  - ELEC
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LB  - CDLI:P130008
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - SNAT 247 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130008
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Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 247 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130008.
SNAT 247 artifact entry (No. P130008). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130008 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 247 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130008 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 247 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130008},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130008},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130008
LB  - CDLI:P130008
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - SNAT 247 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130008
ER  -
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