SNAT 266 (P130026)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 017802

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(disz) u8 4(disz) sila4 a-ru-a x-x
2. 2(disz)# u8 2(disz)! sila4 a-ru-a lugal-du10 gudu4 NE#?-bar-ra
3. 5(disz) u8 5(disz) sila4 4(disz) udu-nita2
4. a-ru-a lu2-{d}na-ru2-a
5. dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
6. 1(u) 7(disz) u8 2(u) sila4
7. 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu MUNUS ASZ kin 7(disz) udu-nita2
8. a-ru-a lugal-siskur2-re
reverse
1. [a]-ru#-a mu-kux(DU) {d}nin-mar{ki}
2. kiszib3 ur-{d}lamma dumu ka-sa6-ka
3. giri3 lu2-hu-rim3{ki}
4. iti amar-a-a-si
5. mu en-unu6-gal an-na en {d}inanna ba-a-hun
seal 1
1. ur-{d}lamma
2. dumu ka-sa6

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope


  • primary: SNAT, 266

    [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 017802
  • Accession No.: 1894-10-15, 0062

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.10.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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
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
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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005020 (composite) (P457730) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 266 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130026.
SNAT 266 artifact entry (No. P130026). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130026 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 266 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130026 (Accessed: November 29, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 266 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130026},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130026},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130026
LB  - CDLI:P130026
M1  - 2025/11/29/
TI  - SNAT 266 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130026
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SNAT 266 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130026.
SNAT 266 artifact entry (No. P130026). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130026 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 266 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130026 (Accessed: November 29, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 266 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130026},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130026},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130026
LB  - CDLI:P130026
M1  - 2025/11/29/
TI  - SNAT 266 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130026
ER  - 
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