SNAT 263 (P130023)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 017796Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. [...] 2(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) u8
2. [...] 1(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) udu-nita2
3. 5(u) 1(disz) kir11
4. 3(u) 7(disz) sila4-nita2
5. 1(u) 2(disz) masz2 sag
blank space
6. mu-kux(DU)
7. 2(disz) u8 6(disz) udu-nita2
8. 1(disz) sila4
9. zi-ga
10. u8 udu-nita2
11. [...]
reverse
beginning broken
1'. szunigin [...]
2'. szunigin# [...]
3'. szunigin [...]
4'. ur-[{d}en]-lil2-la2
5'. [sza3 ...]
6'. mu# {d}amar#-[{d}suen] lugal#-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
obverse
1. [...] 2(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) u8
2. [...] 1(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) udu-nita2
3. 5(u) 1(disz) kir11
4. 3(u) 7(disz) sila4-nita2
5. 1(u) 2(disz) masz2 sag
blank space
6. mu-kux(DU)
7. 2(disz) u8 6(disz) udu-nita2
8. 1(disz) sila4
9. zi-ga
10. u8 udu-nita2
11. [...]
reverse
beginning broken
1'. szunigin [...]
2'. szunigin# [...]
3'. szunigin [...]
4'. ur-[{d}en]-lil2-la2
5'. [sza3 ...]
6'. mu# {d}amar#-[{d}suen] lugal#-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: SNAT, 263
[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 017796
- Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0056
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2017-03-03 at 09:56:24 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 14:01:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:33:41 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2009-06-03 at 10:46:48 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:26:33 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (033727) (033727)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.17796) (BM.17796)
- British Museum Collection (W_1894-1015-56) (W_1894-1015-56)
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Cite this Artifacts
“SNAT 263 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130023.
SNAT 263 artifact entry (No. P130023). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130023 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 263 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130023 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
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