SET 171 (P129581)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA

Museum Number

RC 0828

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sze-ba za3-mu
3. a-al-li2
4. la2-ia3 su#-ga-asz
5. i3-kal-la
reverse
1. ba-an-de6
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-a-bi
seal 1
1. ur-{d}suen
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir sza3-tam#

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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, 171

    [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. 216

    [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. 324

    [Jones1986Rosicrucian] Cooper, Marc, and Tom B. Jones. 1986. “The Rosicrucian Museum Texts in SET.” Acta Sumerologica 8: 309–44.

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  • Museum No.: RC 0828
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2016-05-17 at 09:38:52 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-07-08 at 17:51:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:22 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005320.4 (composite) (P534028) - -

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Cite this Artifacts

“SET 171 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129581.
SET 171 artifact entry (No. P129581). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129581
SET 171 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129581 (Accessed: January 25, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-25]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 171 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129581},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129581},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129581
LB  - CDLI:P129581
M1  - 2026/1/25/
TI  - SET 171 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129581
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“SET 171 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129581.
SET 171 artifact entry (No. P129581). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129581
SET 171 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129581 (Accessed: January 25, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-25]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 171 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129581},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129581},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129581
LB  - CDLI:P129581
M1  - 2026/1/25/
TI  - SET 171 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129581
ER  - 
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