SET 228 (P129638)

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

Cite

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 (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šū-Suen.03.11.10
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P129638
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P129638

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)	014149

References

primary: SET, 228

[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. 54ff, B870

[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
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SET 228 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129638.

SET 228 artifact entry (No. P129638). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129638 (Original work published 2001)

SET 228 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129638 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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	month = {jun 12},
	title = {SET 228 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129638},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“SET 228 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129638.

SET 228 artifact entry (No. P129638). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129638 (Original work published 2001)

SET 228 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129638 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

@misc{2024SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {SET 228 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129638},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129638},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129638
LB  - CDLI:P129638
M1  - 2026/10/10/
TI  - SET 228 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129638
ER  -