SET 332 (P129739)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

SPLC — ?

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. lugal-sa?-ra
3. u3-na-du11
4. 2(asz) sze gur lugal
reverse
1. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
2. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
3. dub-ba-ni szu ba-ti

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P129739

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) 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) 014250

References

  • primary: SET, 332

    [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: TCS 1, 155

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 14:01:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:26 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“SET 332 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129739.
SET 332 artifact entry (No. P129739). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129739
SET 332 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129739 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 332 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129739},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129739},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129739
LB  - CDLI:P129739
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - SET 332 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129739
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SET 332 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P129739.
SET 332 artifact entry (No. P129739). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P129739
SET 332 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P129739 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 332 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P129739},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P129739},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129739
LB  - CDLI:P129739
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - SET 332 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P129739
ER  - 
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