SET 244 (P129654)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 11432

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 8(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [...]
2. a-tu lu2 [...]
3. 1(u) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 [...]
4. [...]
5. 2(asz) 2(ban2) 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 gur
6. ur-{d}lamma
7. la2-ia3 1(disz) [...] ur5-bi-sze3
8. 2(u) 7(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
9. ur5-bi-sze3 SZIM
10. 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
11. ur-{d}[...] ma2
12. 2(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
13. na-ba-sa6 dub-sar [...]
14. [x] 2(barig) 5(ban2) <x> sila3 gur
15. lugal-ku-bu
16. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 6(asz) 1/2(disz) sila3
17. ur-{gesz}gigir dumu gi4-ni-mu
18. 3(u) 5(asz) 4(ban2) 6(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 gur
19. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu na-mu
20. 8(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) sila3 gur
21. ur-ki-gu-la
22. 1(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) sila3 gur
23. ur-{d}ba-ba6 kikken2
column 2
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. ur-[x] dumu ur-{d}nansze
4. 1(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 gur
5. ur-{d}ba-ba6 ugula kikken2 dumu ur-sa6-ga
6. 3(u) gur
7. ur-sa6-ga dumu ur-{d}nin-tu
8. 1(gesz2) 7(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur lu2-me-lam2 dumu ba-a
9. 1(gesz2) 5(asz) gur
10. ur-[x]-u3-szu-mu
11. nam-ha-ni dumu hu-wa-wa
12. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
13. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
14. 2(u) 7(asz) 5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 gur
15. e2-zi-mu dumu ur-{d}lamma
16. 1(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
17. ur-{d}nansze dumu [...]
18. 2(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) [gur ...]
19. lu2-lu2-sa6 [...]
20. [...]
21. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(u) 6(asz) [gur]
2. ur-{d}lamma dumu AN-[...]
3. 1(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) [gur]
4. ki lu2-{d}dumu-zi-[da-ta]
5. ur-sa6-ga dumu ur-gu-[la]
6. 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze
7. lu2 mar-sa
8. 2(u) 9(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
9. ab-ba-kal-la
10. 5(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
11. ur-dam dumu [...]
12. 1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [...]
13. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ab-[...]
14. 9(disz) [...]
15. nig2-u2-rum
16. 1(u) 2(disz) [...]
column 2
1. 2(u) 2(barig) [x]
2. lu2-[...]
  n lines broken
3'. 1(u) [...]
4'. ur-[{d}dumu-zi]-da dumu
5'. e2 {d}amar-[{d}]suen#
6'. 4(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) [sila3 ...]
7'. lu2-dingir-ra dumu lu2-{d}ba-ba6
8'. 5(gesz2) 4(u) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]
9'. 4(gesz2) 1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 7(disz) [sila3 ...]
10'. 1(asz) 1(barig) 5(disz) [sila3 ...]
11'. 1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) 1/2(disz) [sila3 ...]
12'. 2(gesz2) [...]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SET, 244

    [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.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 257, NBC 11432

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 11432
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:24 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“SET 244 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129654.
SET 244 artifact entry (No. P129654). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129654 (Original work published 2001)
SET 244 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129654 (Accessed: August 29, 2025).
@misc{2023SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SET 244 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129654},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129654
LB  - CDLI:P129654
M1  - 2025/8/29/
TI  - SET 244 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129654
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SET 244 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P129654.
SET 244 artifact entry (No. P129654). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129654 (Original work published 2001)
SET 244 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129654 (Accessed: August 29, 2025).
@misc{2023SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {SET 244 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129654},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129654},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P129654
LB  - CDLI:P129654
M1  - 2025/8/29/
TI  - SET 244 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129654
ER  -
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