SET 169 (P129579)

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 0878

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) sze-ba za3-mu
2. lu2-{d}szara2
3. 1(barig) ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
4. 1(barig) ur-zigum-ma
5. 1(barig) a-ba-la
6. 2(barig) lu2-sza-lim
reverse
1. 2(barig) lu2-{d}nagar-pa-e3
2. szunigin 1(asz) 3(barig) sze-ba za3#-mu
  blank space
3. e2-kikken-ta
4. sza3 mar-sa ki lu2-sa6#-i3-zu
5. iti e2-iti#-6(disz)#
  some text moved to next line
6. mu# us2-sa si-mu#-ru#-um{ki#} lu-lu-bu{ki#}

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

illegible

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P129579

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA
Museum Number RC 0878
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014090

References

  • primary: SET, 169

    [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. 215

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

  • collation: ASJ 8, p.309-344, p. 324

    [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 09:56:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-05-17 at 09:38:50 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-01-26 at 18:06:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:22 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“SET 169 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129579.
SET 169 artifact entry (No. P129579). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129579
SET 169 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129579 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 169 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129579},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129579},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129579
LB  - CDLI:P129579
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - SET 169 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129579
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SET 169 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129579.
SET 169 artifact entry (No. P129579). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129579
SET 169 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129579 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 169 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129579},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129579},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129579
LB  - CDLI:P129579
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - SET 169 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129579
ER  -
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