SET 040 (P129450)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in St. Paul Public Library Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (dispersed)

Museum Collection(s)

St. Paul Public Library Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (dispersed)

Museum Number

SPLC — ?

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) udu masz2 hi!-a
2. ba-usz2 sza3 tum-ma-al
3. [ki] en-dingir-mu-ta
  rest broken
seal 1
  illegible

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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/P129450

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) St. Paul Public Library Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (dispersed)
Museum Number SPLC — ?
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 013962

References

  • primary: SET, 40

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2013-06-10 at 08:27:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:19 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 040 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129450.
SET 040 artifact entry (No. P129450). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129450
SET 040 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129450 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129450},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129450},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129450
LB  - CDLI:P129450
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - SET 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129450
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SET 040 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129450.
SET 040 artifact entry (No. P129450). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129450
SET 040 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129450 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129450},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129450},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129450
LB  - CDLI:P129450
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - SET 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129450
ER  - 
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