SET 229 (P129639)

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 0865

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2# 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. lu2-giri17-zal
3. 5(disz)# sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz)# gin2# szum2 3(disz) gin2# i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. na-ba-sa6#
5. 5(disz)# sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. i#-szar-pa2-da-an
7. [5(disz) sila3] kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. x-x-al-la-a
9. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga#
10. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
11. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3# 2(disz) gin2 naga
12. lu2-{d}ba-ba6
13. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz)# gin2 szum2# 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
14. u-bar
15. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz)# [gin2 szum2] 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2# [naga]
reverse
1. a2-bi2-li2#
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz)# gin2# [szum2] 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 [naga]
3. szu-da-x
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
5. ar-szi-ah
6. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) [ninda] 1(u) gin2 i3
7. ur-{d}x
8. szunigin 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3# kasz
9. szunigin 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda
10. szunigin 5/6(disz) sila3 szum2
11. szunigin 2/3(disz) sila3 i3
12. szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 naga
left
1. u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam
some text moved to next line
2. iti szu-numun
3. mu ma2 {d}en-ki ba-ab-du8

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: SET, 229

[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: ASJ 15, p.193-264, p. 233-234

[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. 330

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: RC 0865
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.06.23
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2017-02-23 at 11:34:33	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2017-02-13 at 01:09:04	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (014150) (014150)

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Cite this Artifact

“SET 229 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129639.

SET 229 artifact entry (No. P129639). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129639

SET 229 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129639 (Accessed: December 23, 2025).

@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129639},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129639},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129639
LB  - CDLI:P129639
M1  - 2025/12/23/
TI  - SET 229 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129639
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SET 229 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129639.

SET 229 artifact entry (No. P129639). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129639

SET 229 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129639 (Accessed: December 23, 2025).

@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 229 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129639},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129639},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129639
LB  - CDLI:P129639
M1  - 2025/12/23/
TI  - SET 229 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129639
ER  -