SNAT 399 (P130159)

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 106148

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

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(asz) 5(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
2. kiszib3 da-du-mu
3. 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 zi3
4. kiszib3 lugal-nesag-e
5. 3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
6. kiszib3 lugal-ukken-ne2
7. 5(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
8. kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
9. 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
10. kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2 dumu na-silim
11. 4(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
12. kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir nu-banda3-gu4
13. 4(asz) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
14. 1(u) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
15. kiszib3 ur-mes
16. 1(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) zi3 gur
17. kiszib3 ba-sa6
18. 4(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
19. kiszib3 i7-pa-e3
20. 2(asz) 3(ban2) [...] gur#
column 2
1. kiszib3 lugal-ku3-zu
2. 2(barig) 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 zi3
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
4. 1(asz) zi3 gur
5. 2(barig) sze
6. kiszib3 a-gu-gu sipa
7. 1(barig) 3(ban2) zi3
8. 3(ban2) sze#
9. kiszib3 ma-nu-[...]
10. 8(asz) [... gur]
11. kiszib3 {d}szara2-[...]
12. 6(asz) [... gur]
13. kiszib3 nig2-[...]
14. 1(u) [... gur]
15. kiszib3 nam-zi#-[...]
  blank space
16. szunigin 4(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) [... zi3 gur]
17. szunigin 3(u) 7(asz) sze gur#
18. giri3 lu2-gi-na
19. 4(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) <x> gur
reverse
column 1
1. kiszib3 ur-{d}asznan
2. [...] gur
3. [kiszib3 x]-{d}a-szar2
4. [...] gur
5. [kiszib3 ur]-mes
  n lines broken
  blank space
column 2
  blank space
1. szunigin 4(u) 2(asz) [... zi3 gur]
2. szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) [... sze gur]
  blank space
3. sze ur5-ra [...]
4. a-sza3 da [...]
5. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun

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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  • primary: SNAT, 399

    [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 106148
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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 09:56:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:47:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:36 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 399 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130159.
SNAT 399 artifact entry (No. P130159). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130159 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 399 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130159 (Accessed: July 12, 2025).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 399 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130159},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130159},
}

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