SET 271 (P129681)

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 0714

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. usz2 ur-e2-mah dumu engar
2. iti {d}dumu-zi
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3-ta
reverse
1. ugula lugal-ku3-zu
2. kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
1. gu-u2-gu-a
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ma-an-szum2

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SET, 271

    [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: JSOR 12 (pp. 35-42, 146-150), 40 24

    [Mercer1928JSOR12] Mercer, Samuel A. 1928. “Some Babylonian Contracts/ Some Babylonian Temple Records.” Journal of the Society of Oriental Research 12: 35–42, 146–50.

  • history: L. Schwappach-Shirriff, Treasures of the REM (2004) 130 (photo rev., incorrectly identified as RC 1050)

    [sec18918] N.d.

  • collation: ASJ 15, p.193-264, p. 244

    [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. 337

    [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 0714
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.12.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-02 at 09:43:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 16:38:38 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2020-10-22 at 06:10:29 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:25 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002372.2 (composite) (P533411) - -

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Cite this Artifact

“SET 271 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129681.
SET 271 artifact entry (No. P129681). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129681 (Original work published 2001)
SET 271 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129681 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).
@misc{2024SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {SET 271 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129681},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129681},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129681
LB  - CDLI:P129681
M1  - 2025/12/30/
TI  - SET 271 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129681
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SET 271 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129681.
SET 271 artifact entry (No. P129681). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129681 (Original work published 2001)
SET 271 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129681 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).
@misc{2024SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {SET 271 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129681},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129681},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129681
LB  - CDLI:P129681
M1  - 2025/12/30/
TI  - SET 271 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129681
ER  - 
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