Amherst 044 (P100882)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Museum Collection(s)

Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Museum Number

FGH —

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 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
1. 4(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) ad7 udu
2. 4(disz) ad7 sila4
3. ki szar-ru-um-i3-li2-ta
4. geme2 usz-bar-re gu7-de3
reverse
1. en-igi-ni-ib2-zu
2. szu ba-ti
  1 line blank
3. iti mu-szu-du7
4. mu ki-masz{ki} u3 hu-ur5-ti[{ki} ba-hul]
envelope
obverse
5. 4(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) ad7 udu ba-usz2 4(disz) ad7 sila4
6. ki szar-ru-um-i3-li2-ta
7. geme2 usz-bar-re#? ba-<gu7>
reverse
1. kiszib3 en-igi-ni-ib2-zu
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. en-igi-ni-ib2-zu
  blank space
2. ARAD2-[zu]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šulgi.46.09.00 to Šulgi.46.11.00

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006136 (composite) (P458846) S006136 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) Šulgi.37.00.00, Amar-Suen.01.03.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P100882

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Museum Number FGH —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001578

References

  • primary: Amherst, 044

    [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: AuOr 10, p.87-94, p. 89 3

    [Molina1992neosumerias] Molina, Manuel. 1992. “Tablillas Neosumerias de La Universidad de Santiago de Composteia (La Coruña).” Aula Orientalis 10: 87–94.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2018-08-23 at 08:56:46 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2013-09-30 at 17:53:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:38:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:41 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 044 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100882.
Amherst 044 artifact entry (No. P100882). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100882
Amherst 044 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100882 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100882},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100882},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P100882
LB  - CDLI:P100882
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - Amherst 044 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100882
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 044 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100882.
Amherst 044 artifact entry (No. P100882). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100882
Amherst 044 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100882 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100882},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100882},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P100882
LB  - CDLI:P100882
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - Amherst 044 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100882
ER  -
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