Amherst 001 (P100839)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Museum Number

Anonymous 100839

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u@c) tar{ku6}
2. 9(gesz2@c) gur10{ku6}
3. 3(gesz2@c) gir{ku6} dar-ra
4. 2(gesz'u@c) 6(gesz2@c) ubi{ku6}
5. 9(gesz2@c) {gesz}gesztu{ku6} dar-ra
column 2
1. 6(gesz2@c) gir{ku6} mun
2. 3(gesz2@c) agargara{ku6} mun
blank space
3. ne-sag
column 3
1. 1(u@c) tar{ku6}
2. 5(asz@c) zubud{ku6}
3. 5(asz@c) gesz-dub2-dub2{ku6}
4. 5(gesz2@c) gur10{ku6}
5. 3(gesz'u@c) gir{ku6} dar-ra
6. 2(gesz'u@c) la2 3(gesz2@c) agargara{ku6} dar-ra
column 4
1. 3(gesz'u@c) la2 1(gesz2@c) ubi{ku6}
2. 1(gesz'u@c) 1(gesz2@c) gir{ku6} mun
3. 8(gesz2@c) agargara{ku6} mun
4. 3(gesz'u@c) 3(gesz2@c) sumasz{ku6}
5. lugal-sza3-la2-tuku
reverse
column 1
1. 5(gesz2@c) gur10{ku6}
2. 2(gesz2@c) gir{ku6} dar-ra
3. 8(gesz2@c) ubi{ku6}
4. 6(gesz2@c) gir{ku6} mun
5. 2(gesz2@c) agargara{ku6} mun
column 2
1. amar-{d}nam2-nun
2. 1(u@c) tar{ku6}
3. 5(asz@c) zubud{ku6}
4. 6(gesz2@c) gur10{ku6}
5. 6(gesz2@c) ubi{ku6}
6. 1(gesz2@c) gir{ku6} dar-ra
7. 3(gesz2@c) gir{ku6} mun
column 3
1. 2(gesz2@c) agargara{ku6} mun
2. 2(gesz2@c) |TAxSZE|{ku6} mun
3. 1(gesz'u@c) suhur{ku6}
4. gala-tur
5. 1(gesz2@c) gur10{ku6}
6. 7(gesz2@c) ubi{ku6}
7. 6(gesz2@c) agargara{ku6} mun
column 4
blank space
1. sag-hab2-ba
2. ku6 dusu-kam
3. iti ezem-munu4-gu7
4. {d}nansze-ka
5. mu-de6 4(|ASZxDISZ@t|)
envelope
1'. {d}nansze-ka
2'. szu-ku6 ab-ba-ke4-ne
seal 1
1. en-ig-gal
2. dub-sar e2-munus

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Collections

Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Amherst, 001

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Anonymous 100839
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced: Urukagina_l.04.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-12-15 at 16:31:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-15 at 16:30:19	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-15 at 16:29:38	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-01-26 at 10:35:56	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2008-10-09 at 16:03:40	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2008-06-20 at 17:25:49	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.	CDLI	Approved
2007-07-15 at 00:30:20	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale	CDLI	Approved
2007-03-26 at 18:08:28	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:14:40	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

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Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 002282 (composite) (P454992)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Notes

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CDLI Notes:

20111019 englund: with Selz Fs Westenholz 276, this is the only know example of an ED IIIb tablet & envelope (sealed)

Cite this Artifacts

“Amherst 001 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100839.

Amherst 001 artifact entry (No. P100839). (2024, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100839 (Original work published 2001)

Amherst 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100839 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2024Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {Amherst 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100839},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100839},
}

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DA  - 2024/12/15/
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M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - Amherst 001 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100839
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Amherst 001 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100839.

Amherst 001 artifact entry (No. P100839). (2024, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100839 (Original work published 2001)

Amherst 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100839 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

@misc{2024Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {Amherst 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100839},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100839},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/12/15/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P100839
LB  - CDLI:P100839
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - Amherst 001 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100839
ER  -