SNAT 340 (P130100)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 106410

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(bur3) GAN2 {gesz}guzza-ni ugula kikken2
2. 2(bur3) GAN2 ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)
3. 2(bur3) GAN2 ma2-gur8-re
4. 1(bur3) GAN2 lugal-inim-gi-na
5. 1(bur3) GAN2 ur4-sza3-ga-du10
6. 2(bur3) GAN2 di-ni-li2 dub-sar
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7. szunigin 1(bur'u) GAN2 giri3#-se3-ga in-na-dah-ha-me
8. [2(bur3) GAN2 x]-a-ti
9. [2(bur3) GAN2] da#-gi-mu
10. [2(bur3) GAN2] dingir-ra-bi2
11. 2(bur3) GAN2 dingir-ra-bi2 min-kam
12. 2(bur3) GAN2 kur-ru-ub-{d}er3-ra
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13. lu2 lunga-me
14. 1(bur3) GAN2 ba-ni-li2
15. 1(bur3) GAN2 ma-ma
16. munu4-mu2-me
17. 2(bur3) GAN2 lu2-{d}szara2 ugula kikken2 dumu lu2-{d}nin-szubur
18. szunigin 1(bur'u) 4(bur3) GAN2 giri3-se3-ga lu2-ga-bi sanga-me
19. ugula lu2-dingir-ra szabra
20. [x GAN2] u3-ma-ni [x]
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1. [x GAN2 x]-kal-la
2. [...] ki {d}szara2-kam
3. 3(bur3) GAN2 lu2-banda3{da} dub-sar
4. ki s,e-lu-usz-{d}da-gan
5. 2(bur3) GAN2 nam-ha-ni dub-sar
6. ki lugal-ku3-zu
7. szunigin 1(bur'u) 1(bur3) GAN2 dub-sar ka e2-gal-ka-me
8. 1(bur3) GAN2 ur-{d}utu
9. 1(bur3) GAN2 ba-an-sa6
10. muhaldim lugal-me
11. 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 szesz-kal-la kuruszda
12. ki {d}szul-gi-a-a-mu
13. 7(disz) bahar3 1(esze3) GAN2-ta
14. ki ur-e2-ninnu
15. 6(bur3) GAN2 {d}szul-gi-i3-li2 mar-tu
16. szunigin 1(bur'u) 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2
17. giri3-se3-ga lugal-me
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18. szunigin 4(bur'u) 5(bur3) 2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2
19. szuku dab5-ba giri3-se3-ga ka e2-gal-ka-me
20. mu ku3 gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: SNAT, 340

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 106410
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Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:25	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:02:14	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:33:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:34	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (033804) (033804)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.106410) (BM.106410)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-1242) (W_1913-0416-1242)

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 340 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130100.

SNAT 340 artifact entry (No. P130100). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130100 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 340 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130100 (Accessed: March 27, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 340 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130100},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130100},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P130100
M1  - 2026/3/27/
TI  - SNAT 340 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130100
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 340 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130100.

SNAT 340 artifact entry (No. P130100). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130100 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 340 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130100 (Accessed: March 27, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 340 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130100},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130100},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130100
LB  - CDLI:P130100
M1  - 2026/3/27/
TI  - SNAT 340 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130100
ER  -