Amherst 050 (P100888)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

Museum Collection(s)

Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Museum Number

KVM 32.1185

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

154.0 mm × 117.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] zu2-lum gur
2. 1(barig) {gesz}pesz3 had2
3. 1(barig) {gesz}haszhur had2
4. 1(u) 5(disz) {gesz}pesz3 6(disz) u2
5. nig2-ka9 zu2-lum-ta
6. 3(barig) 5(ban2)#? 3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
7. 2(asz) sze-gesz-i3 gur
8. i3-gesz-bi 2(barig)
9. 1(u) ma-na siki-ud5
10. 4(asz) gu2 siki-gi
11. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
12. 3(u) ma-na uruda
13. kiszib3 gi-na
14. 4(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na uruda
15. kiszib3 ur-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu-na
16. ki nig2-{d}ba-ba6-ta#
  blank space
17. sza3-bi-ta
column 2
1. 2(barig) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
2. 1(disz) sila3 i3-nun
3. 3(asz) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
4. 4(asz) gu2 2(u) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na igi-3(disz)-gal2 siki-gi
5. 4(asz) gu2 2(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
6. 6(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 uruda
7. zi-ga didli
8. u3 nig2-siskur2-ra
9. sza3 {kusz}du10-gan
10. 1(u) ma-na siki-gi
11. 1(ban2) zu2-lum
12. sza3 dub-ba
13. a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
14. 2(u) 2(asz) gu2 7(disz) ma-na siki-gi
15. 4(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum gur
16. 1/3(disz) sila3 i3-nun du10-ga
17. 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
18. 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
19. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
20. 2(barig) 2(ban2) zu2-lum
21. giri3 du-du dumu ensi2
column 3
1. kiszib3 ensi2-ka
2. 3(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki-gi
3. siki-ba nu-{gesz}kiri6
4. kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir <nu>-{gesz}kiri6 dumu ARAD2-da-ni
5. 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz gesz-a de6-a#
6. 5(u) la2 3(disz) tug2 usz-bar
  1 line blank
7. e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147)
8. kiszib3 lu2-dingir-ra dumu a-ba-szu-na
9. 1(ban2) zu2-lum
10. kiszib3 lu2-{d}nansze dumu inim-ma-dingir
11. 3(u) la2 2(disz) tug2 da-ba-tum
12. ki-la2-bi 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na
13. kiszib3 na-mu
14. u3 tul2-ta
  1 line blank
reverse
column 1
1. szunigin 2(u) 8(asz) gu2 [...] 2(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz)#? ma-na igi-[x]-gal2 siki-gi
2. szunigin 2(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
3. szunigin 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
4. szunigin 8(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) zu2-lum gur
5. szunigin 6(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 uruda
6. szunigin 4(asz) gu2 2(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
7. szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 i3-nun du10-ga
8. bi2-gu7-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2
9. szunigin 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz gesz-a de6-a?
10. bi2-gu7-bi 1/2(disz) sila3
11. szunigin 4(u) 7(disz) tug2 usz-bar
12. zi#-ga
13. diri 2(asz) gu2 3(u) 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 siki-gi 1(u) ma-na-ta
14. i3-gesz-bi 3(barig) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3-ta
15. diri 3(barig) 2(ban2) zu2-lum
16. {gesz}pesz3! had2-bi 1(barig)
17. diri 2(barig) zu2-lum
18. {gesz}haszhur had2-bi 1(barig)
19. diri 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
20. {gesz}pesz3 6(disz) u2-bi 1(u) 5(disz)-am3 1(u) 2(disz)-ta
21. diri 1(asz) gu2 5(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 siki-gi 1(u) ma-na-ta
22. uruda-bi 2(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2 uruda# 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na-ta
column 2
1. diri la2-ia3 gu7-a
2. diri 2(u) gu2 2(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 siki-gi
3. diri 3(asz) gu2 5(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
4. diri 5(u) la2 3(disz) tug2 usz-bar
5. diri 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 i3-nun
6. diri 5(asz) 5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum gur
7. diri-am3
  blank space
column 3
  blank space
1. nig2-ka9-ak
2. si-i3-tum
3. gi-na dub-sar ansze
4. giri3 ku5-da-mu dumu-na
5. 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
  • Measurements (mm): 154.0 high × 117.0 wide
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: Amherst, 050

    [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.

  • history: Seri, Andrea, CDLJ 2007/1, §3.12,

    [sec5965] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: KVM 32.1185
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2 year)
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-03-23 at 19:18:40 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-02-15 at 19:28:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:41:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:38:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:41 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:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“Amherst 050 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100888.
Amherst 050 artifact entry (No. P100888). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100888 (Original work published 2001)
Amherst 050 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100888 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
@misc{2023Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {Amherst 050 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100888},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100888},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P100888
LB  - CDLI:P100888
M1  - 2024/4/19/
TI  - Amherst 050 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100888
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.