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SNAT 537 (P130297)

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 106226

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. 3(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz szu-ku6
2. 1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz engar i3
3. 8(disz) gurusz ma2 du3 enku
1 line blank
4. sza3-bi-ta
5. 8(disz) gurusz bahar3
6. 2(disz) gurusz szu-ku6
7. ki nir-i3-da-gal2
8. 8(disz) gurusz ma2 du3
9. ki ur-{d}utu enku
10. 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz szu-ku6 la2-ia3
11. du6-ku3
12. zi-ga-am3
reverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz gub-ba-am3
1 line blank
2. ugula ur-{d}ba-ba6
3. sza3 bala-a

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, 537

[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 106226
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.00.00.00
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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
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:02:38	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:34:00	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:26:41	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 (034001) (034001)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.106226) (BM.106226)
British Museum Collection (W_1913-0416-1058) (W_1913-0416-1058)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 537 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130297.

SNAT 537 artifact entry (No. P130297). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130297 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 537 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130297 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 537 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130297},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130297},
}

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M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - SNAT 537 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 537 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130297.

SNAT 537 artifact entry (No. P130297). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130297 (Original work published 2001)

SNAT 537 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130297 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 537 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130297},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130297},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P130297
LB  - CDLI:P130297
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - SNAT 537 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130297
ER  -