SET 253 (P129663)

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 0711

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz
2. ugula gu2-tar
3. 3(disz) gurusz ugula ukken-ne2
4. u4 1(disz)-kam
5. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz ugula gu2-tar
6. 3(disz) gurusz ugula ukken-ne2#
7. u4 2(disz)-kam
8. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz ugula gu2-tar
9. 2(disz) gurusz ugula ukken-ne2
10. 5(disz) gurusz ugula ur-ama-na
11. u4 3(disz)-kam
reverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz ugula gu2-tar
2. 6(disz) gurusz ugula ur-ama-na
3. 2(disz) gurusz ukken-ne2
4. u4 4(disz)-kam
5. 4(disz) gurusz ugula lu2-gi-na
  blank space
6. gurum2 ak szu#?-te-a iti?(ERIM)-da
7. szu ga6-ga6-da
8. iti {d}dumu-zi
9. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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, 253

    [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 14, 47 54, 49 62

    [Mercer1930JSOR14] Mercer, Samuel A. 1930. “Babylonian Contracts.” Journal of the Society of Oriental Research 14: 45–50.

  • collation: ASJ 15, p.193-264, p. 242

    [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. 336

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

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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.12.01 (us2 year), Šulgi.47.12.04 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 14:01:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:33:23 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:46:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:26:24 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“SET 253 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129663.
SET 253 artifact entry (No. P129663). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129663
SET 253 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129663 (Accessed: April 7, 2025).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-07]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 253 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129663},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129663},
}


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