Amherst 034 (P100872)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Museum Number

A.1242_1982

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(asz) dabin gur lugal
2. sza3-gal erin2 e2-sukkal-sze3
  blank space
3. ki nin-a-na-ta
4. kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir ugula
reverse
1. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
  blank space
2. mu sza-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    illegible

  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: Amherst, 034

    [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: RA 55 (pp. 135-146), 142 59

    [Lambert1961RA55] Lambert, Maurice. 1961. “LA VIE ÉCONOMIQUE D’UN QUARTIER DE LAGASH (ÉPOQUE DE LA III e DYNASTIE D’UR) (Suite).” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 55: 135–46.

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  • Museum No.: A.1242_1982
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.11d.00 (intercalated)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:17:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:38:49 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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“Amherst 034 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100872.
Amherst 034 artifact entry (No. P100872). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100872
Amherst 034 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100872 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 034 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100872},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100872},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P100872
LB  - CDLI:P100872
M1  - 2024/4/26/
TI  - Amherst 034 artifact entry
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