SNAT 508 (P130268)

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 106118

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. 2(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 sze-ba u3 kasz 7(asz) gur [masz tuku]
2. 1(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 su3
3. ur-e2-masz tir
4. a-sza3 {gesz}szinig-mu2-am3
5. 1(esze3) GAN2 2(barig) 3(ban2) masz nu-tuku
6. a-lu5-lu5#
7. a-sza3 gesz-gi tur-tur
8. 3(iku) GAN2 1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur masz tuku
9. 1(esze3) GAN2 su3
10. lu2-he2-gal2
11. a-sza3 gurusz-e-ne
12. 1(esze3) GAN2 3(asz) gur masz tuku
13. 3(iku) GAN2 su3
14. a-sza3 i3-ku6
15. 1(bur3) GAN2 9(asz) gur masz tuku
16. 1(esze3) GAN2 su3
17. a-sza3 {d}ne3-eri11-gal bala-a {d}kal-kal
18. 5(iku) GAN2 su3 a-sza3 {d}kal-kal
19. lugal-nig2-lagar-e e2 nig2-lagar
20. 5(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 2(asz) 4(barig) gur masz tuku
21. 1(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 su3 a-sza3 AN-HAR
22. szu-da-mar2
reverse
1. 2(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 2(barig) masz nu-tuku a-sza3 {d}nin-hur-sag a-e bar-ra-ka
2. ur-{gesz}gigir nu-{gesz}kiri6 nir-i3-da-gal2
3. 2(iku) GAN2 2(barig) masz nu-tuku a-sza3 ka-sar
4. igi-a-a
5. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 2(u) gur masz tuku
6. a-sza3 illu-{d}en-ki
7. nigar{gar}-ki-du10 lu2 a gub-ba
8. 2(iku) GAN2 2(barig) masz nu-tuku i3-li2
9. 2(iku) GAN2 2(barig) masz nu-tuku inim-{d}[x]
10. a-sza3 a-ba-<a>-ge6-i3-gi4#-[gi4]
11. 1(esze3) GAN2 3(asz) gur masz tuku#
12. 3(iku) GAN2 su3 a-sza3 e2-lugal#! [x]
13. du10-[ga]
14. szunigin 4(bur3) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 masz tuku#
15. szunigin 2(bur3) 2(esze3) 1(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 masz [nu-tuku]
16. szunigin sze-bi 4(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) [gur]
17. apin-la2 esz3 didli ma-da [a?-...]
18. giri3 nig2-u2-rum u3 lu2-[...]
19. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 na-ru2-[a-mah] {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3

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, 508

[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 106118
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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.06.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-06-14 at 09:57:31	Pottorf, Andrew	Transliteration	Pottorf, Andrew		Lafont, Bertrand	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:02:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:33:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:40	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		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 (033972) (033972)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.106118) (BM.106118)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-950) (W_1913-0416-950)

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 508 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130268.

SNAT 508 artifact entry (No. P130268). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130268 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 508 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130268 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 508 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130268},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130268},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130268
LB  - CDLI:P130268
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - SNAT 508 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130268
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 508 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130268.

SNAT 508 artifact entry (No. P130268). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130268 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 508 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130268 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 508 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130268},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130268},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130268
LB  - CDLI:P130268
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - SNAT 508 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130268
ER  -