SNAT 255 (P130016)

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 012300

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. 2(disz) gurusz 2(disz) nu gurusz
2. erin2-me
3. 3(disz) gurusz 5(disz) nu gurusz
4. ug3-IL2-me
5. libir-am3
6. 3(disz) gurusz 3(disz) nu gurusz
7. erin2-me
8. 1(disz)# gurusz ug3-IL2
9. e2 szabra-e2-me
10. 1(disz) gurusz nu ug3-IL2
11. ansze dur9{ur3}-ta
reverse
1. 1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz gid2-da
2. e2 munus-gil-sa-me
  blank space
3. szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz
4. szunigin 5(disz) nu gurusz
5. erin2-me
6. szunigin 4(disz) gurusz
7. szunigin 5(disz) nu gurusz
8. ug3-IL2-me
9. ki si-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P130016

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 012300
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 033721
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.12300
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1894-1224-13

References

  • primary: SNAT, 255

    [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.

  • history: MVN 17, 66

    [Pettinato1993MVN 17] Pettinato, Giovanni. 1993. Testi Economici Neo-Sumerici Del British Museum (BM 12230 - BM 12390). Vol. XVII. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:41 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 255 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130016.
SNAT 255 artifact entry (No. P130016). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130016 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 255 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130016 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 255 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130016},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130016},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130016
LB  - CDLI:P130016
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - SNAT 255 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130016
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 255 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130016.
SNAT 255 artifact entry (No. P130016). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130016 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 255 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130016 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {SNAT 255 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130016},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130016},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/28/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130016
LB  - CDLI:P130016
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - SNAT 255 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130016
ER  -
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