SET 179 (P129589)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Derby Education Committee, Museum Service, Derbyshire, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Derby Education Committee, Museum Service, Derbyshire, UK

Museum Number

DEC inv. no.29

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (gaba-ri)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(disz) {gesz}geszimmar
2. mu-kux(DU) i7 eb-la{ki}-ka
3. giri3 szu-i3-li2
4. ugula ba-ba-ti
  1 line blank
reverse
1. gaba-ri sza3 kiszib3-ba
  blank space
2. iti sze-kar-gal2-la
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu ba-du3

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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, 179

    [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: JCS 19 (pp. 26-30), 27 1

    [Sollberger1965JCS19] Sollberger, Edmond. 1965. “Three Ur-Dynasty Documents.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 19 (1): 26–30. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359553.

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  • Museum No.: DEC inv. no.29
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.03.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-02 at 12:44:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:45:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:22 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“SET 179 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129589.
SET 179 artifact entry (No. P129589). (2024, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129589 (Original work published 2001)
SET 179 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129589 (Accessed: October 10, 2025).
@misc{2024SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {SET 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129589},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129589
LB  - CDLI:P129589
M1  - 2025/10/10/
TI  - SET 179 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129589
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SET 179 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129589.
SET 179 artifact entry (No. P129589). (2024, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129589 (Original work published 2001)
SET 179 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129589 (Accessed: October 10, 2025).
@misc{2024SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {SET 179 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129589},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129589
LB  - CDLI:P129589
M1  - 2025/10/10/
TI  - SET 179 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129589
ER  - 
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