Amherst 120 (P100959)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Museum Number

Anonymous 100959

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) elam 1(disz) sila3 kasz 1(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
2. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda
3. giri3 {d}szul-gi-da-an-ga-da
4. ki-masz-ta du-ni
reverse
1. 1(ban2) kasz 6(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
3. sa2-du11 u4 2(disz)-kam
4. ur-{d}ab lu2 kas4
  1 line blank
5. iti mu-szu-du7

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P100959

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)
Museum Number Anonymous 100959
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001655

References

  • primary: Amherst, 120

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2011-07-22 at 13:17:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:45 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 120 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100959.
Amherst 120 artifact entry (No. P100959). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100959
Amherst 120 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100959 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100959},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100959},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P100959
LB  - CDLI:P100959
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - Amherst 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100959
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 120 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100959.
Amherst 120 artifact entry (No. P100959). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100959
Amherst 120 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100959 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100959},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100959},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P100959
LB  - CDLI:P100959
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - Amherst 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100959
ER  -
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