Amherst 052 (P100890)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

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Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium

Museum Number

MRAH O.0639

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

180.0 mm × 245.0 mm × 45.0 mm

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) ansze
2. 4(asz@c) dur3
3. 1(asz@c) dur3 sag dur3 2(disz)-sze3
4. 1(asz@c) ansze 1(disz)
5. 1(asz@c) dur3 szu-gi4
6. 1(asz@c) ansze su-su engar mu u3-gu de2-a-sze3
7. gub-ba-am3
8. libir-am3
9. ansze# gu7-ta sa10-<a>
10. [...] x engar
  rest broken
column 2
1. 1(disz) gu4-gesz
2. la2-ia3-am3
3. libir-am3
4. 1(asz@c) gu4 gu7-ta sa10-<a>
5. 1(asz@c) ab2-mah2
6. 1(asz@c) ab2 amar ga
7. e2-tur3-ta
8. ab-ba-gi-na engar
9. ugula lu2-{d}ba-ba6 nu-banda3-gu4
10. 2(asz@c) ab2-mah2
11. 3(asz@c) gu4-gesz
12. [n(asz@c)] ab2 1(disz)
13. [n(asz@c)] gu4 1(disz)
14. [n(asz@c)] ab2 amar ga
  rest broken
column 3
1. gub-ba-am3
2. libir-am3
3. 1(asz@c) gu4 e2-tur3-ta
4. {d}utu-bar-ra
5. ugula ur-{d}lamma nu-banda3-gu4
6. 3(asz@c) ab2-mah2
7. 3(asz@c) gu4-gesz
8. 1(asz@c) gu4 2(asz@c) gesz-sze3
9. gub-ba-am3
10. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4 1(disz)
11. ku-li engar
12. 2(asz@c) ansze
13. 3(asz@c) ansze [x]
  rest broken
column 4
1. ki ab-ba-mu engar-ta
2. lu2-dingir-ra engar dumu lu2-sa6-ga
3. 1(asz@c) ab2-mah2
4. 4(asz@c) gu4-gesz
5. 1(asz@c) gu4 amar ga
6. gub-ba-am3
7. libir-am3
8. 1(asz@c) nu gu4 su-su nu-banda3-gu4
9. ur-{d}en-ki engar
10. ugula ka5#-a-mu [nu]-banda3#-gu4#
  rest broken
column 5
1. la2-ia3 1(disz) dur3
2. libir-am3
3. 1(asz@c) ansze gu7-ta sa10
4. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su engar
5. 1(asz@c) ab2-mah2
6. 3(asz@c) gu4-gesz
7. 1(asz@c) nu gu4 na-gab2-tum nu szum2-ma mu 3(disz)
8. su-su lu2-{d}nin-szubur#
9. gub#-[ba-am3]
10. libir#-[am3]
11. 1(asz@c) [...]
  rest broken
column 6
1. da-da engar
2. 3(asz@c) gu4-gesz
3. 1(asz@c) nu gu4 su-su engar u3 lu2-nanga engar
4. gub-ba-am3
5. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4-gesz
6. libir-am3
7. 1(asz@c) nu gu4 gu7-ta sa10
8. 1(asz@c) gu4 e2-tur3
  rest broken
column 7
1. 1(asz@c) nu ansze su-su dub-sar gu4 engar
2. 1(asz@c) ansze [x]
3. gub-ba-[am3]
4. la2-ia3 1(disz) ansze
5. 1(disz) dur3
6. la2-ia3-am3
7. libir-am3#
8. 1(asz@c) [...]
  rest broken
column 8
1. 2(asz@c) ansze
2. 1(asz@c) nu ansze [su-su]
3. 1(asz@c) ansze# x [...]
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. nu-banda3-gu4#
2'. ki lugal-[...]
3'. al-la [...]
4'. 5(asz@c) gu4-[gesz?]
5'. gub-ba-am3#
6'. libir-am3
7'. 1(asz@c) nu gu4 su-[su ur-{d}nin]-gesz-zi-[da]
8'. lu2-me-lam2# [engar?]
9'. ugula ir-{d}[...]
10'. 3(asz@c) ab2# [...]
11'. 3(asz@c) gu4-[gesz?]
12'. 1(asz@c) ab2 amar-[ga]
13'. gub-ba-am3
14'. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4-gesz
15'. 1(disz) ab2 2(disz)
16'. la2-ia3-am3
17'. sza3-ku3-ge engar
18'. 1(asz@c) ansze
19'. 5(asz@c) dur3
20'. 1(asz@c) nu dur3 [gesz?] u2-gu de2 su-[su] da gul
21'. gub-ba-am3
22'. la2-ia3 1(disz) ansze
23'. libir-am3
24'. 1(asz@c) ansze gu7-ta sa10
25'. ur-dun engar
26'. 2(asz@c) ansze
27'. 3(asz@c) dur3#
28'. 1(asz@c) ansze [...]
29'. dur3
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] dur3
2'. 1(asz@c) ansze amar ga
3'. 1(asz@c) dur3 zi-gum2
4'. 1/2(asz@c) nu dur3 su-su engar
5'. gub-ba-am3
6'. la2-ia3 1(disz) ansze 1(disz)
7'. 1/2(disz) dur3
8'. la2-ia3-am3
9'. libir-am3
10'. 3(asz@c) ansze gu7-ta sa10
11'. 1(asz@c) nu dur3 su-su ur-{d}lamma nu-banda3-gu4
12'. mu u2-gu de2-a-sze3
13'. ki ab-ba-mu engar-ta
14'. ur-{d}ba-ba6 engar
15'. 4(asz@c) gu4-gesz
16'. gub-ba-am3
17'. la2-ia3 1(disz) gu4-gesz 1(disz)?
18'. libir-am3
19'. 1(asz@c) gu4-gesz
20'. ki {d}utu-mu engar-ta
21'. an-ne2-ba-du7 engar
22'. ugula lugal-pa-e3
23'. 3(asz@c) ab2-mah2
24'. 3(asz@c) gu4-gesz
25'. 1(asz@c) ab2 2(disz) gesz-sze3
26'. 1(asz@c) ab2 1(disz)
27'. 1(asz@c) ab2 amar ga
28'. 1(asz@c) gu4 amar ga
29'. gub-ba-am3
30'. {d}utu-mu engar
31'. 2(asz@c) ansze
32'. 3(asz@c) dur3
33'. 1(asz@c) ansze 2(disz) gesz-sze3
34'. gub-ba-am3
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. [...] su-su nu-banda3-gu4
2'. lugal-GAN2-ni engar
3'. 1(asz@c) ansze
4'. 4(asz@c) dur3
5'. 1(asz@c) dur3 sag-gal2-la
6'. gub-ba-am3
7'. la2-ia3 2(disz) dur3
8'. libir-am3
9'. 1(asz@c) ansze gu7-ta sa10
10'. 1(asz@c) nu dur3 su-su
11'. ur-{d}nin-gesz-zi-da
12'. nu-banda3-gu4 mu u2-gu de2-a-sze3
13'. ki lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su engar-ta
14'. ug3-IL2 engar
15'. 4(asz@c) gu4-gesz
16'. 1(asz@c) nu gu4 su-su engar
17'. u3 lu2-{d}nansze engar
18'. gub-ba-am3
19'. libir-am3
20'. 1(asz@c) gu4 e2-tur3?
21'. lu2-giri17-zal nu-banda3-gu4
22'. gu4 lu2-nigin6{ki} szabra
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [szunigin n(asz) ...] su-su
2'. szunigin 3(asz@c) gu4 2(disz)
3'. szunigin 1(asz@c) ab2 2(disz) sag-gu4-gesz-sze3
4'. szunigin 1(asz@c) gu4-gesz sag-gu4 2(disz)-sze3
5'. szunigin 2(asz@c) ab2 1(disz)
6'. szunigin 6(asz@c) gu4 1(disz)
7'. szunigin 1(u@c) la2 1(disz) ab2 amar ga
8'. szunigin 6(asz@c) gu4 amar ga
9'. szunigin 3(u@c) 3(asz@c) ansze
10'. szunigin 4(asz@c) ansze su-su
11'. szunigin 1(asz@c) dur3
12'. szunigin 1(asz@c) dur3 sag dur3 2(disz)-sze3
13'. szunigin 1(asz@c) ansze 2(disz) gesz-sze3 sag ansze-sze3
14'. szunigin 1(asz@c) ansze 2(disz) gesz-sze3 sag dur3-sze3
15'. szunigin 1(asz@c) ansze 2(disz) gesz-sze3
16'. szunigin 1(asz@c) dur3 sag ansze-sze3
17'. szunigin 1(asz@c) ansze 1(disz) sag dur3 1(disz)-sze3
18'. szunigin 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) 1/2(asz@c) dur3 su-su
column 5
  beginning broken
1'. [szunigin n(disz) ab2] 2(disz)
2'. [szunigin n(disz)] ab2# 1(disz)
3'. szunigin n(disz) gu4 1(disz)
4'. szunigin 1(u) ansze
5'. szunigin 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) dur3
6'. szunigin 1(disz) ansze 2(disz)
7'. szunigin 1(disz) dur3 2(disz)
8'. la2-ia3-am3
9'. libir-am3
10'. szunigin 1(asz@c) ab2-mah2
11'. szunigin 2(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) gu4-gesz
12'. szunigin 1(asz@c) ab2 amar ga
13'. e2-tur3-ta
14'. na-gab2-tum-ta
15'. szunigin 1(u@c) gu4
16'. szunigin 2(u@c) la2 2(asz@c) ansze
17'. gu7-ta sa10
18'. szunigin 5(asz@c) gu4 su-su
19'. mu gu4 ri-ri-ga-sze3
column 6
  beginning broken
1'. szunigin 3(u@c) 3(asz@c) ansze
2'. szunigin 4(asz@c) ansze su-su
3'. szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u@c) dur3
4'. szunigin 3(asz@c) ansze 2(disz) gesz-sze3
5'. szunigin 1(asz@c) ansze 2(disz)
6'. szunigin 4(asz@c) ansze 1(disz)
7'. szunigin 1(u@c) 1(asz@c) nu dur3 su-su
8'. szunigin 1(asz@c) dur3 2(disz) gesz-sze3
9'. szunigin 1(asz@c) ansze 2(disz) su-su
10'. szunigin 2(asz@c) dur3 1(disz)
11'. szunigin 4(asz@c) ansze amar ga
12'. szunigin 2(asz@c) dur3 amar ga
13'. szunigin 2(asz@c) dur3 szu-gi4
14'. gub-ba-am3
15'. szunigin 1(disz) gu4 szu-gi4
16'. zi-ga
17'. szunigin 5(disz) ab2-mah2
column 7
  beginning broken
1'. szunigin2-ba 2(asz@c) dur3# szu-gi4
2'. gub-ba-am3
3'. szunigin2-ba 1(disz) gu4 szu-gi4
4'. zi-ga
5'. szunigin2-ba 2(u) 3(disz) gu4 hi-a
6'. szunigin2-ba 2(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ansze hi-a
7'. la2-ia3-am3
8'. gu4 apin-bi 3(u) 4(disz)
9'. ansze apin-bi 1(u) 6(disz)
column 8
  beginning broken
1'. [...] gub-ba
2'. [e2? {d}]szul-gi-ra
3'. ugula# lugal-mudra5
4'. ur-{d}lamma
5'. ensi2
6'. mu {d}szul-gi nita kal-ga lugal uri5{ki}-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4 ki-masz{ki} hu#-ur5#-ti{ki} u3 ma-da-[bi] u4 1(disz)-a mu-hul-a mu us2-sa-a-bi

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 180.0 high × 245.0 wide × 45.0 thick
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  • primary: Amherst, 052

    [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.

    État du bétail appartenant au temple de Shulgi


  • history: Limet, TSU, 86

    [Limet1976TSU] Limet, Henri. 1976. Textes Sumériens de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. Documents Du Proche Orient Ancien. Épigraphie 1. Bruxelles: Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire.

  • history: RIAA (1925), 084

    [Speleers1925RIAA] Speleers, Louis. 1925. Recueil Des Inscriptions de l’Asie Antérieure Des Musées Royaux Du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles; Textes Sumériens, Babyloniens et Assyriens.

  • citation: Priests & officials p.61-102, p. 71-72 no. 6

    [Maekawa1999temples] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1999. “The ‘Temples’ and the ‘Temple Personnel’ of Ur III Girsu-Lagash.” In Priests and Officials in the Ancient Near East. Papers of the Second Colloquium on the Ancient Near East, The City and Its Life, Held at the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan (Mitaka, Tokyo), edited by Kazuko Watanabe, 61–102. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter.

    description (Limet republication noted there, correcting in offprint Sauren)


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  • Museum No.: MRAH O.0639
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2018-08-23 at 08:56:46 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2018-01-01 at 10:29:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-07-22 at 14:06:22 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2014-02-07 at 14:30:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-19 at 10:34:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-04-24 at 10:27:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-04-24 at 10:27:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-04-24 at 10:24:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:52 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
2008-02-01 at 13:27:33 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:15:09 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. 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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Cite this Artifact
“Amherst 052 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100890.
Amherst 052 artifact entry (No. P100890). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100890
Amherst 052 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100890 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 052 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100890},
}

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