Amherst 027 (P100865)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Museum Number

A.1237_1982

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (gaba-ri)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) sze gur lugal
2. ba-ta-e11-de3
3. ugula {d}utu-mu
4. 2(barig) 3(ban2) su-ga u18-da engar
5. ugula szesz-sa6-ga
6. a-sza3 nin-a2-zi-da
7. 1(asz) gur ug3-IL2 engar
8. ugula lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3
9. a-sza3 gi-dah
10. 4(barig) lu2-{d}ba-ba6
11. 6(disz) sila3 ur-{gesz}dar-du3
12. ugula si-du3
13. a-sza3 gir4-u
14. 2(barig) lugal-ezem
15. ugula lu2-gu-la
16. 1(ban2) lu2-hu-rim3{ki}
reverse
1. ugula ur-sa6-ga szesz nin-dingir
2. a-sza3 sahar-sur-ra
  blank space
3. szunigin 1(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gur
4. diri sze gesz e3-a gaba-ri e2-gal-ka
5. inim engar-re-ne-ta
6. ugula sanga {d}nin-mar{ki}
  blank space
7. mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3

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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, 027

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: A.1237_1982
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:52:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:50 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 09:38:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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 027 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100865.
Amherst 027 artifact entry (No. P100865). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100865
Amherst 027 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100865 (Accessed: June 10, 2025).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-10]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 027 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100865},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100865},
}

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