SNAT 421 (P130181)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 106167

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz) 2(barig) sze gur iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
2. {d}szara2 anzu2{muszen} babbar2
3. 7(asz) 1(barig) gur bara2 gir13-gesz{ki}
4. 9(asz) 2(barig) gur {d}nin-ur4-ra umma{ki} u3 {d}nin-mu2
5. 1(u) 4(barig) {d}nin-ur4-ra a-pi4-sal4{ki}
6. 2(asz) 2(barig) gur {d}nin-eb-gal 2(barig) im-na? te ti
7. 1(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) gur {d}nin-e11-e
8. 8(asz) 2(barig) gur {d}nin-{d}da-lagasz{ki}
9. 6(asz)#? 1(barig) gur {d}nin-sun2
10. 8(asz) 2(barig) gur {d}nansze umma{ki}
11. 1(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur {d}en-ki u3 {d}USZ-ka-limmu2
12. 4(asz) 4(barig) gur {d}nun-gal
13. 1(u) 2(asz) gur {d}inanna zabala3{ki} u3 {d}nin-ildu3-ma
14. 1(asz) 4(barig) gur {d}nin-zabala3{ki} a-pi4-sal4{ki}
15. 4(asz) 4(barig) gur {d}en-lil2
16. 3(asz) 3(barig) gur {d}nin-hur-sag
17. 1(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) gur {d}szul-gi#
reverse
1. 9(asz) 3(barig) gur {d}gu-la umma{ki}
2. 2(asz) 2(barig) gur {d}asznan
3. 6(asz) gur {d}amar-{d}suen
4. 2(asz) 2(barig) gur {d}nin-e2-gal
5. 1(asz) 4(barig) gur {d}szul-gi {d}anzu2{muszen} babbar2
6. 7(asz) 1(barig) gur {d}nin-hi-li-su3
  blank space
7. szunigin 2(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) [x] 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
  blank space
8. sze ninda nig2 gal2-la dingir-re-ne
9. iti 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
10. iti sze-sag11-ku5-ta
11. iti {d}dumu-zi-sze3
12. mu en {d}nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Amar-Suen.09.01.00 to Amar-Suen.09.12.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P130181

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 106167
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 033885
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.106167
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-999

References

  • primary: SNAT, 421

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:36 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 421 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130181.
SNAT 421 artifact entry (No. P130181). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130181 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 421 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130181 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 421 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130181},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130181},
}


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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 421 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130181.
SNAT 421 artifact entry (No. P130181). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130181 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 421 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130181 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 421 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130181},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130181},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130181
LB  - CDLI:P130181
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - SNAT 421 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130181
ER  -
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