SET 239 (P129649)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA

Museum Number

RC 2724

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. [...]-ma-mi
2. 1(asz) 1(barig) [x] gur ur-{d}suen#
3. 2(asz) 4(ban2) gur al-lu
4. 1(asz) 1(barig) gur ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
5. 1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 szesz-a-ni
6. 1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nig2-KU-gid2
7. lu2 [...]
reverse
1. 1(asz) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nig2-sza3-te
2. ur-tul2-sag
3. szunigin 1(u) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
4. [...] szu ha-la
5. [...] ur-gu-ta

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P129649

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) Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA
Museum Number RC 2724
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014160

References

  • primary: SET, 239

    [Jones1961SET] Jones, Tom B., and John W. Snyder. 1961. Sumerian Economic Texts from the Third Ur Dynasty. A Catalogue and Discussion of Documents from Various Collections. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

  • collation: ASJ 15, p.193-264, p. 237

    [Carnahan1993collations] Carnahan, John. 1993. “Collations to the Rosicrucian Museum and Stanford University Texts in SET.” Acta Sumerologica 15: 193–264.

  • collation: ASJ 16, p.308-319, p. 310

    [Hillard1994corrections] Hillard, Kent G. 1994. “Corrections and Additions to ‘Collations to the Rosicrucian and Stanford University Texts in SET’ (ASJ 15).” Acta Sumerologica 16: 308–19.

  • collation: ASJ 8, p.309-344, p. 332

    [Jones1986Rosicrucian] Cooper, Marc, and Tom B. Jones. 1986. “The Rosicrucian Museum Texts in SET.” Acta Sumerologica 8: 309–44.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:56:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:24 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“SET 239 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129649.
SET 239 artifact entry (No. P129649). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129649
SET 239 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129649 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 239 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129649},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129649},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129649
LB  - CDLI:P129649
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - SET 239 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129649
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“SET 239 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129649.
SET 239 artifact entry (No. P129649). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129649
SET 239 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129649 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 239 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129649},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129649},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129649
LB  - CDLI:P129649
M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - SET 239 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129649
ER  -
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