SNAT 261 (P130021)

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 017782

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
2. [x]-szu engar
3. a#?-[sza3 usz?]-gid2#?-da
4. [x] 1(barig) 6(disz) sila3 gur
5. 4(asz)#! [...] gur
6. 4(barig) [ziz2] gu2#-nida! gur
7. 1(u) 2(disz)# [szum2]-sikil gur
8. [3(asz) 3(barig) sze]-lu2 gur
9. KU?-x engar
10. a#!-sza3# dal-ba-na
11. [...] 2(gesz2) 4(asz)! 1(barig) gur
12. 4(asz) ziz2 gur
13. 4(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gu2-nida gur
14. 1(barig) gu2-tur-tur
15. ur-mes engar
column 2
1. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 9(asz) 8(disz) sila3 gur
2. 3(asz) 4(barig) ziz2 gur
3. 8(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gu2-nida gur
4. 2(barig) gu2-tur-tur
5. lu2-{d}nin-szubur engar
6. a-sza3 KU-{d}nanna
7. GAN2-gu4# ur-{d}da-mu nu-banda3-gu4
8. 4(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) gur
9. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da engar
10. 2(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) gur
11. 1(asz) 2(barig) gu2-gal-gal gur
12. 3(ban2)#? 1(disz) sila3 gu2-tur-tur
reverse
column 1
1. lugal-sza3-la2 engar
2. a-sza3 KU-dim2
3. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) gur
4. lu2-{d}utu engar
5. 4(u) 8(asz) gur
6. 4(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) ziz2 gur
7. masz-tur engar
8. a-sza3 a-lal3-gu-la
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column 2
  blank space
1. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 4(u) 9(asz) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur
2. szunigin 2(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) ziz2 gur
3. szunigin 1(asz) 2(barig) gu2-gal-gal
4. szunigin 3(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gu2-tur-<tur>
5. szunigin 1(u) 2(asz) szum2-sikil gur
6. szunigin 3(asz) 3(barig) sze-lu2 gur
7. sze gesz e3-a
8. a-sza3 ambar-lagasz{ki}
9. ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ug3-IL2
  blank space
10. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SNAT, 261

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 017782
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0042

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:33 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“SNAT 261 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130021.
SNAT 261 artifact entry (No. P130021). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130021 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 261 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130021 (Accessed: April 28, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 261 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130021},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130021},
}

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