SNAT 538 (P130298)

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 106279

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. 8(szar2) 2(gesz'u) sa gi
2. kiszib3-bi 4(disz)-am3
3. kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir nu-banda3
4. 1(szar2) sa kiszib3 lugal-ku3-zu dumu i3-gen-na
5. 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) sa kiszib3 ur-{d}szara2 dumu {d}utu-saga
6. 1(gesz'u) sa kiszib3 mudra5
reverse
  blank space
1. szunigin 1(szar'u) 5(gesz'u) sa gi
2. erin2 umma{ki}-ke4
3. szu ba-ab-ti

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P130298

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 106279
Accession Number

References

  • primary: SNAT, 538

    [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: UDU 068

    [sec19104] N.d.

  • citation: From the 21st Century BC (pp. 347-424), 421 36

    [Steinkeller2013CorvéeLabor] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2013. “Corvée Labor in Ur III Times.” Edited by Steven J. Garfinkle and Manuel Molina. From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D. : Proceedings of the International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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 09:56:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-02-07 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:02:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:34:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:41 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 538 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130298.
SNAT 538 artifact entry (No. P130298). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130298 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 538 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130298 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 538 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130298},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130298},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“SNAT 538 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P130298.
SNAT 538 artifact entry (No. P130298). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P130298 (Original work published 2001)
SNAT 538 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P130298 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2023SNAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {SNAT 538 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P130298},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P130298},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P130298
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - SNAT 538 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P130298
ER  - 
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