SET 134 (P129544)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA

Museum Number

RC 0897

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. 5(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. sze ur5-ra gul gu4 udu
3. sza3-gal gu4 sze-ta bur2-ra
4. u3 nig2-sa10 gu4 udu
reverse
1. ki na-[...]
2. ugu2 [...]
3. lugal [...]
4. mu [...]
5. kiszib3 [...]
6. mu a-[ra2 2(disz)-kam-asz] si-mu#-[ru-um{ki} ba-hul]-ta
7. mu us2-sa# [an-sza-an]{ki} ba-hul-sze3
8. mu 1(u)-kam

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.26.00.00 to Šulgi.35.00.00 (us2 year)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P129544

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 0897
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014055

References

  • primary: SET, 134

    [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. 211

    [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. 320

    [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
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 134 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129544.
SET 134 artifact entry (No. P129544). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129544
SET 134 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129544 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 134 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129544},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129544},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129544
LB  - CDLI:P129544
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - SET 134 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129544
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SET 134 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129544.
SET 134 artifact entry (No. P129544). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129544
SET 134 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129544 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 134 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129544},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129544},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129544
LB  - CDLI:P129544
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - SET 134 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129544
ER  -
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