SET 256 (P129666)

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 0841

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. 6(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) gurusz 4(ban2)
2. {gesz}kiszi17 ku5-a 1(u) sar-ta
3. a-sza3 gid2-da
4. 4(u) ug3-IL2 4(ban2)
5. ab-sin2-ta la-<ag> ri-ri-ga
6. a-sza3 nin10-nu-du3
7. 2(u) ug3-IL2 4(ban2)
8. {gesz}kiszi17 ku5 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
reverse
1. a-sza3 a-gu7?-lah4?
2. nu-banda3-gu4 da-a-ga
3. ugula ARAD2
4. kiszib3 inim-{d}szara2
5. iti nesag
  erasure after iti
  blank space
  seal impression
7. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. inim-{d}szara2
2. dub-sar
3. [dumu ...]

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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  • Seal information:

    seal ID uncertain; Mayr gives it as S002586.2 ?

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: SET, 256

    [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.

  • 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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: RC 0841
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.04.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-06-12 at 01:32:01 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2019-06-12 at 01:31:42 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-06-13 at 17:05:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-02-16 at 11:12:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:01:26 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
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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002586.2 (composite) (P533471) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“SET 256 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129666.
SET 256 artifact entry (No. P129666). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129666
SET 256 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129666 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2001SET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {SET 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129666},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129666},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P129666
LB  - CDLI:P129666
M1  - 2024/4/25/
TI  - SET 256 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P129666
ER  -
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