Amherst 021 (P100859)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

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Museum Collection(s)

Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Museum Number

Anonymous 100859

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) sze gur lugal
2. sze ur5-ra aga3-us2 ensi2 dumu nigin6{ki}
3. i3-dub bara2-si-ga-ta
  blank space
4. ki ur-{d}nansze-ta#
5. kiszib3 ARAD2-{d}nansze#
6. dumu ba-zi-ge#
reverse
1. nu-banda3 ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur#?-sa6#?-[ga?]
2. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
  blank space
3. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti u3 ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
5. 6(asz) sze gur lugal
6. sze ur5-ra aga3-us2 ensi2 dumu nigin6{ki}
7. i3-dub bara2-si-ga-ta
8. ki ur-{d}nansze-ta
9. ARAD2-{d}nansze
10. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
  blank space
2. mu ha-ar-<szi>{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ARAD2-{d}nansze
2. dumu ba-zi-ge

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Amherst, 021

    [Pinches1908Amherst] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1908. The Amherst Tablets : Being an Account of the Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of the Right Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, at Didlington Hall, Norfolk.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Anonymous 100859
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.11d.00 (intercalated)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:38:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:40 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 001610 (composite) (P454320) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“Amherst 021 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100859.
Amherst 021 artifact entry (No. P100859). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100859
Amherst 021 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100859 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100859},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100859},
}

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