Amherst 049 (P100887)

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 100887

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. [...] 9(asz)? 1(barig) sze gur lugal
2. [...] 1(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur
3. na-ba-sa6 engar
4. 4(gesz2) 4(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2)# 5(disz) sila3 gur
5. 5(u) 9(asz)? 2(barig) ziz2 gur
6. ur-e2-babbar2 engar
7. GAN2-gu4 lugal-me3
8. 3(gesz2) 5(asz) gur
9. 3(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2 gur
10. ur-mes engar dumu lugal-dub-la2#
11. 4(gesz2) 1(asz) 2(barig) gur
12. 5(u) 2(asz) ziz2 gur
13. ur-mes engar min
14. GAN2-gu4 lugal-inim-gi-na
  blank space
15. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
reverse
1. szunigin 3(gesz2) 7(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur
2. a-sza3 nin-amasz-zi
3. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 2(barig) gur
4. lu2-{d}nin-dar-a engar
5. GAN2-gu4 lugal-me3
6. a-sza3 u2-ki-numun
7. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) gur sze nam
8. ur-mes engar
9. GAN2-gu4 lugal-me3
10. a-sza3 nig2-ga2-la-ga
  blank space
11. szunigin# 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 5(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
12. [szunigin ...] 1(gesz2) 7(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur
13. [sze] gesz# e3-a
14. [...] lugal#-iri-da
15. x x x {d}nin-dar-a
16. [...]-kal-la
17. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul

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/P100887

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 100887
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001583

References

  • primary: Amherst, 049

    [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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:41 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 049 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100887.
Amherst 049 artifact entry (No. P100887). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100887
Amherst 049 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100887 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100887},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P100887
LB  - CDLI:P100887
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - Amherst 049 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100887
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 049 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100887.
Amherst 049 artifact entry (No. P100887). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100887
Amherst 049 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100887 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100887},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P100887
LB  - CDLI:P100887
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - Amherst 049 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100887
ER  -
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