SNAT 498 (P130258)

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 106136

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. la2-ia3 3(disz) szesz-tab-ba u3 aga3-us2
2. 1/2(disz) nig2-lagar-e aga3-us2
3. 1(disz) dumu ma-an-szum2 gudu4
4. 2(disz) aga3-us2 lugal-e2-mah-e
5. 1(disz) lugal-he2-gal2 lu2 i3-dub
6. 1/2(disz) lu2-{d}szara2 dumu iri-bar-re
7. 2(disz) aga3-us2 ur-du6-e
8. 1(disz) a-a-gi-na dumu sza3-ku3-ge
9. 2(disz)# sipa ugula ur-e11-e
10. 1/2(disz) ha-da-da
11. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}nin-tu
12. 1(disz) ku3-ga-ni ugula gudu4
13. 1/2(disz) ur-mes szar2-ra-ab-du
14. 1(disz) nig2-ul-pa-e3 sipa
15. 1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re dumu lugal-e2-mah-e
16. ma2 ur-sukkal gudu4
17. 1/2(disz) dumu {d}szara2-a-mu szu-ku6
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1. 1(disz) ku3-ga-ni ugula nam-[...]
2. 1(disz) lugal-uszur3 szesz-a-ni
3. 1(disz) lugal-ku3-zu dumu lugal-nig2-lagar-e
4. 1/2(disz) nigar{gar}-ki-du10 aszgab
5. 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) szu-ku6 ma2-du3 u3 engar-gesz-i3
6. ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6
7. 1/2(disz) inim-{d}szara2 nu-{gesz}kiri6
8. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}suen lunga e2-amar-ra
9. 1(disz) dumu ur2-mah nagar
10. 1(disz) ARAD2 ugula
11. 1/2(disz) ur-{d}ur3-bar-tab agar4-nigin2!?(SZE3)
12. <x> ur-{d}utu dub-sar gu4 1(u)
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13. szunigin 4(u) 7(disz) gurusz
14. la2-ia3 sza3 a-pi4-sal4{ki}
15. iti szu-numun
some text moved to next line
16. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul

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, 498

[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 106136
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Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.06.00 (us2 year)
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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
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther	Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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
2020-08-30 at 11:30:03	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2017-03-03 at 09:56:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2013-03-09 at 08:36:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:02:25	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:33:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:47:41	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-02-01 at 13:51:50	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-02-01 at 13:27:52	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-02-01 at 12:16:06	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-06 at 14:04:05	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 19:15:15	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		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 (033962) (033962)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.106136) (BM.106136)
Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia (3582) (3582)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-968) (W_1913-0416-968)

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 498 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130258.

SNAT 498 artifact entry (No. P130258). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130258 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 498 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130258 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 498 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130258},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130258},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 498 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130258.

SNAT 498 artifact entry (No. P130258). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130258 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 498 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130258 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 498 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130258},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130258},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130258
LB  - CDLI:P130258
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - SNAT 498 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130258
ER  -