SNAT 406 (P130166)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106165

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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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
2. 4(asz) kasz du gur
3. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida saga
4. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida du
5. iti 1(u) 2(disz) sze-sag11-UD-si?-ku5
6. 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
7. 2(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
8. 2(ban2) kasz dida saga
9. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida du
10. iti 7(disz) sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ga2-ra
11. 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
12. 3(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) <<sila3>> kasz du gur
13. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida saga
14. iti 7(disz) sze-kar-gal2-la
15. 1(asz) 3(barig) 8(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
16. 5(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) kasz saga gur
17. 2(ban2) kasz dida saga
column 2
1. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida du
2. iti 1(u) 3(disz) nesag
3. 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
4. 4(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
5. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida saga
6. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida du
7. iti 1(u) 2(disz) dal
8. 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
9. 3(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) kasz du gur
10. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida saga
11. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida du
12. iti 7(disz) szu-numun-na
13. 1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
14. 3(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
15. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida du
16. iti 1(u) 4(disz) min-esz3
17. 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
18. 5(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
19. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida saga
20. iti 1(u) 4(disz) e2-iti-6(disz)
reverse
column 1
1. 1(asz) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
2. 3(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) kasz du gur
3. 1(barig) zi3 munu4 du
4. iti 9(disz) {d}li9-si4#
5. 1(asz) 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz saga gur
6. 3(asz) 3(barig) 7(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
7. iti 7(disz) ezem-{d}szul-gi
8. 1(asz) 3(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 [kasz] saga gur
9. 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
10. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida du
11. iti 1(u) pa4-u2-e
12. 4(barig) 2(ban2) kasz saga
13. 2(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
14. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida saga
15. 1(barig) kasz dida du lugal
16. 4(disz) ma-na SZIM saga
17. iti 1(u) 6(disz) {d}dumu-zi
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column 2
1. szunigin# 1(u) 5(asz)? [...] sila3 kasz saga gur
2. szunigin 4(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) [x] 3(disz) sila3 kasz du gur
3. szunigin 2(barig) 5(ban2) kasz dida saga
4. szunigin 4(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz dida du
5. szunigin 1(barig) zi3 munu4 du
6. szunigin 4(disz) ma-na SZIM saga
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7. sa2-du11 ensi2-ka
8. iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
9. mu en ga-esz{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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: SNAT, 406

[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 106165
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.01.00, Amar-Suen.09.02.00, Amar-Suen.09.03.00, Amar-Suen.09.04.00, Amar-Suen.09.05.00, Amar-Suen.09.06.00, Amar-Suen.09.07.00, Amar-Suen.09.08.00, Amar-Suen.09.09.00, Amar-Suen.09.10.00, Amar-Suen.09.11.00, Amar-Suen.09.12.00
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Accounting Period: Amar-Suen.09.01.00 to Amar-Suen.09.12.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:28	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2015-12-14 at 09:44:32	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 14:02:20	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:33:51	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:36	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (033870) (033870)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.106165) (BM.106165)
The British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-997) (W_1913-0416-997)

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“SNAT 406 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130166.

SNAT 406 artifact entry (No. P130166). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130166 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 406 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130166 (Accessed: July 21, 2025).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 406 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130166},
}

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