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Amherst 043 (P100881)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Lineart

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

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) na-ba-sa6
2. 1(disz) ur3-re-ba-du7#
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}ga2-tum3-du10
4. sza3 e2-kikken2
reverse
1. ki lu2-{d}nin-szubur
2. iti sze-il2-la
1 line blank
3. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

National Postal Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Amherst, 043

[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: Al-Rafidan 9 (1988), 198 2

[Yoshikawa1988AlRafidan9] Yoshikawa, Mamoru. 1988. “Sumerian Tablets in Japanese Private Collections (III).” Al-Rafidan, Journal of Western Asiatic Studies, Tokyo 9: 195–200.

(currently property of Yoshida, Hiroshima)

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Yoshida —
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.12.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-27 at 12:12:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:17:51	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:04:45	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:14:41	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (001577) (001577)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 043 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100881.

Amherst 043 artifact entry (No. P100881). (2024, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100881 (Original work published 2001)

Amherst 043 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100881 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {Amherst 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100881},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100881},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 043 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100881.

Amherst 043 artifact entry (No. P100881). (2024, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100881 (Original work published 2001)

Amherst 043 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100881 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

@misc{2024Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {Amherst 043 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100881},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100881},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P100881
M1  - 2025/12/27/
TI  - Amherst 043 artifact entry
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