SET 102 (P129512)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Anonymous, USA

Museum Collection(s)

anonymous, USA

Museum Number

Anonymous 129512

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) udu si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak u4 4(disz)-kam
2. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 9(disz) udu sza3 nig2-gur11 dingir-li-li2
3. 2(u) 5(disz) masz2-gal giri3 al-la-mu
4. 1(disz) udu 2(disz) sila4 x-ta giri3 nigar{gar}-ki-du10
5. 6(gesz2) 3(disz)
6. sza3-bi-ta
7. 1(u) masz2-gal dub szu-i3-li2 lu2 ba-ba-ti
8. 2(disz) masz2-gal dub be-li2-ba-ni
9. giri3 al-la-mu
10. 1(disz) udu lu2-usz-gi-na
11. 1(disz) masz2-gal dub lu2-gi-na
12. 2(u) 8(disz) udu a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
13. 1(u) 7(disz) udu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
14. 1(u) 7(disz) udu a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
15. giri3 ba-ba-ti
reverse
1. 1(disz) udu ba-usz2 sza3 1(u) 2(disz) giri3 er3-{d}szara2
2. 1(u) 6(disz) masz2 sza3 2(u) 6(disz) giri3 ur-ku3-nun-na
3. 1(u) udu giri3 ur-nig2
4. 1(disz) udu giri3 isz-me-dingir
  blank space
5. szu-i3-li2 1(gesz2) 3(u) i3-dab5
6. 1(u) masz2 gesz-du3 a2-bi2-du10 i3-dab5 giri3 a2-da-lal3
7. 1(u) udu ba-usz2 dub sipa ur-ra
8. 2(gesz2) 6(disz)
9. zi-ga-am3
10. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) udu gub-ba
11. nig2-ka9-ak ur-nig2
12. iti u5-bi2-gu7 u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
13. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P129512

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) anonymous, USA
Museum Number Anonymous 129512
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014024

References

  • primary: SET, 102

    [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: Creating Economic Order (pp. 89-106), 96-97

    [Hallo2004Bookkeeping] Hallo, William W. 2004. “Bookkeeping in the 21st Century BCE.” Creating Economic Order : Record-Keeping, Standardization, and the Development of Accounting in the Ancient Near East , International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economies, 4: 89–106.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-14 at 11:27:29 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:21 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 102 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129512.
SET 102 artifact entry (No. P129512). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129512 (Original work published 2001)
SET 102 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129512 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).
@misc{2024SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {SET 102 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129512},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129512},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129512
LB  - CDLI:P129512
M1  - 2026/10/7/
TI  - SET 102 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“SET 102 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129512.
SET 102 artifact entry (No. P129512). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129512 (Original work published 2001)
SET 102 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129512 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).
@misc{2024SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {SET 102 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129512},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129512},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129512
LB  - CDLI:P129512
M1  - 2026/10/7/
TI  - SET 102 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129512
ER  - 
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