Amherst 020 (P100858)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

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Museum Collection(s)

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

Museum Number

MHBA 51.2392

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(disz) [masz2]
2. 8(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz)# udu gukkal
3. inim-gi-na sipa
4. 1(gesz2) 5(disz) udu gukkal 2(disz) masz2
5. ur-me:te-na sipa
6. udu lu2-kal-kal-la szabra
7. 1(gesz2) 5(disz) udu
8. udu nig2-{d}ba-ba6 sza3 gesz-<kin-ti>
column 2
1. [x] udu
2. 5(gesz2) masz2
3. udu na-ba-sa6 sza3 gesz-<kin-ti>
4. 3(gesz2) la2 2(disz) masz2
5. a2-lu5-mu na-gada e2-mah
6. 1(gesz2) la2 1(disz) udu 1(gesz2) 2(disz) masz2
7. udu ur-mes KU
8. 1(gesz2) 1(disz) udu 5(gesz2) masz2
reverse
column 1
1. udu ab-ba-gi-na KU
2. 1(gesz2) 2(disz) masz2
3. udu gub-ba-am3
4. na-a-na na-gada
5. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) udu 2(gesz2) masz2
6. udu gub-ba-am3
7. ur-{d}nansze na-gada
8. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) masz2
9. udu# gub-ba-[am3]
10. ku3#-{d}nanna na#-gada#
column 2
1. 1(gesz2) 6(disz) udu
2. udu gub-ba
3. {d}nansze-kam na-gada
  blank space
4. a-sza3 {d}lugal-a2-zi-da
5. a#-sza3# ur-{d}ig-alim
6. mu si-mu-ru-um{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: Amherst, 020

    [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: Everling, Janos, BMHBA 90-91 (1999) 007ff. 02,

    [sec5958] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: MHBA 51.2392
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.00.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2021-12-19 at 09:54:57 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. 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 09:38:44 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

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Cite this Artifact
“Amherst 020 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100858.
Amherst 020 artifact entry (No. P100858). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100858
Amherst 020 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100858 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-28]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 020 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100858},
}

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