SNAT 495 (P130255)

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 106394

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 6(disz)-sze3 umma{ki}-ta kar-sze3 zi3 ninda ga6-ga2
2. kar-ta u4 6(disz)-sze3
3. ka i7 ka-sahar-ka-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
4. u4 1(disz)-sze3 ka i7 ka-sahar-ka-ta nibru{ki}-sze3 ma2 diri-ga
5. u4 2(disz)-sze3 nibru{ki}-sze3 ma2 diri-ga
6. u4 2(disz)-sze3 nibru{ki} ma2 ba-al-la
7. u4 2(disz)-sze3 nibru{ki}-ta
8. ka i7 ka-sahar-ka-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
9. u4 2(disz)-sze3 ka i7 <ka>-sahar-ka-ta
reverse
1. kar umma{ki}-sze3 ma2 diri-ga
  2 lines erased
2. ugula a-gu
3. kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam lu2-kal-la
4. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
seal 1
1. lu2-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-e11-e szusz3
  (following Mayr; ur-nigar{gar} in edition)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002932 (composite) (P455642) S002932 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.42.00.00, Šū-Suen.09.04.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P130255

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 106394
Accession Number

References

  • primary: SNAT, 495

    [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.

  • history: ZA 091 (pp. 22-84), 058 n. 150

    [Steinkeller2001ZA91] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2001. “New Light on the Hydrology and Topography of Southern Babylonia in the Third Millennium.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 91: 22–84.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-16 at 18:31:34 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-16 at 18:27:33 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2019-12-12 at 07:46:14 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:37 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 495 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P130255.
SNAT 495 artifact entry (No. P130255). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130255 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 495 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130255 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2024SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {SNAT 495 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130255},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130255},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P130255
LB  - CDLI:P130255
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - SNAT 495 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130255
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 495 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P130255.
SNAT 495 artifact entry (No. P130255). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130255 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 495 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130255 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2024SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {SNAT 495 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130255},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130255},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P130255
LB  - CDLI:P130255
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - SNAT 495 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130255
ER  - 
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