SET 132 (P129541)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Davenport Public Museum, Davenport, Iowa, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Davenport Public Museum, Davenport, Iowa, USA

Museum Number

DPM —

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. 1(gesz2) sze gur lugal
2. {d}en-lil2-eb2!?-gu-ul
3. 2(gesz2) gur i3-li2-ki-ib-ra
4. 1(gesz2) 5(asz) gur ur-{d}nu-musz-da
5. 3(u) sze gur
6. 7(asz) dabin gur
7. {d}szul-gi-i3-li2
8. 2(u) 2(disz)# {d}szul-gi-zi-mu
9. 1(u) gur {d}szara2-kam
10. szunigin 5(gesz2) [...] sze gur
11. szunigin 7(asz) dabin# gur
12. sze ur5-ra mu-kux(DU)
reverse
1. giri3 e2-gal-e-si
2. 5(u) sze gur
3. szu-[{d}]en-lil2
4. giri3 ur-{d}nu-musz-da dumu {d}szara2-za-me
5. szunigin 6(gesz2) [...] sze gur
6. sze ur5-ra mu-kux(DU)
7. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal

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/P129541

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) Davenport Public Museum, Davenport, Iowa, USA
Museum Number DPM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014053

References

  • primary: SET, 132

    [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.

  • history: Snyder diss., p. 31^ff.

    [Snyder1954diss] Snyder, John W. 1954. “A Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Davenport Public Museum (Univ. Microfilms Diss. Series 8491).” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-12 at 09:21:06 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2022-03-29 at 09:53:48 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:15 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 132 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129541.
SET 132 artifact entry (No. P129541). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129541 (Original work published 2001)
SET 132 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129541 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {SET 132 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129541},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129541},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“SET 132 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129541.
SET 132 artifact entry (No. P129541). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129541 (Original work published 2001)
SET 132 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129541 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
@misc{2024SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {SET 132 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129541},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129541},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129541
LB  - CDLI:P129541
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - SET 132 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129541
ER  - 
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