Amherst 068 (P100906)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Postal Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Museum Collection(s)

National Postal Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Museum Number

Yoshida —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz) kasz dida gur
2. 1(barig) dabin lugal
3. 1(barig) KU sze6-ga2
4. munus sa-bu-um{ki}-me
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz
6. 3(disz) sila3 ninda
reverse
1. 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
2. szu-{d}suen lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu {gesz}gu-za-mah {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Amherst, 068

    [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: Yoshikawa, Al Rafidan 9 (1988) 199 4 (currently property of Yoshida, Hiroshima),

    [sec5974] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: Yoshida —
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.11.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2014-08-24 at 12:10:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:53 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
2006-10-12 at 12:14:42 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 068 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100906.
Amherst 068 artifact entry (No. P100906). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100906
Amherst 068 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100906 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 068 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100906},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100906},
}


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