SET 231 (P129641)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in St. Paul Public Library Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (dispersed)

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

St. Paul Public Library Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (dispersed)

Museum Number

SPLC — ?

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.05.07.16
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P129641
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P129641

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)	St. Paul Public Library Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (dispersed)
Museum Number	SPLC — ?
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	014152

References

primary: SET, 231

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SET 231 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129641.

SET 231 artifact entry (No. P129641). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129641

SET 231 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129641 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 231 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129641},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129641
LB  - CDLI:P129641
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - SET 231 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129641
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SET 231 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129641.

SET 231 artifact entry (No. P129641). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129641

SET 231 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129641 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 231 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129641},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129641
LB  - CDLI:P129641
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - SET 231 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129641
ER  -