SET 299 (P129708)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA

Museum Number

RC 0895

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 la2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar
 en: 2 1/2 mana 4 shekels less 15 grains silver,
2. si-i3-tum nig2-ka9-ak-a
 en: remainder of the account,
3. hu-bi2-dam dam-gar3
 en: against Ḫubidam, the trade agent,
4. in-da-gal2
 en: exists;
5. su-su-dam
 en: it is to be repaid;
reverse
1. giri3 ki-tusz-lu2 dub-sar
 en: via Ki-tuš-lu, the scribe,
2. u3 sipa-inim-gi-na
 en: and Sipa-inim-gina;
3. mu us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz)-kam si-mu-ru-um#{ki#} ba#-hul
 en: year following: “For the 3rd time Simurrum was destroyed.”
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P129708

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA
Museum Number RC 0895
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 014219

References

  • primary: SET, 299

    [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: BBVO 10, p. 34

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

  • history: RA 057 (pp. 79-92), 90, 2

    [Lambert1963RA57Argent1] Lambert, Maurice. 1963. “L’usage de l’argent-Métal à Lagash Au Temps de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 57: 79–92.

  • collation: ASJ 15, p.193-264, p. 257

    [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. 344

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-27 at 19:33:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2019-10-16 at 17:05:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Geller, Markham J. CDLI Approved View
2015-06-12 at 09:52:40 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:47:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-03-16 at 14:45:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:25 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“SET 299 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129708.
SET 299 artifact entry (No. P129708). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129708 (Original work published 2001)
SET 299 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129708 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
@misc{2024SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {SET 299 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129708},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129708},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129708
LB  - CDLI:P129708
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - SET 299 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129708
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“SET 299 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P129708.
SET 299 artifact entry (No. P129708). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129708 (Original work published 2001)
SET 299 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129708 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
@misc{2024SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {SET 299 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129708},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129708},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P129708
LB  - CDLI:P129708
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - SET 299 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129708
ER  -
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