Amherst 070 (P100908)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Museum Collection(s)

Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Museum Number

Anonymous 100908

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. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
3. er3-ra-bi2 sukkal
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 5(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
6. a2-NE-ni
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
reverse
1. 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
2. da-gi sukkal
3. szuszin{ki}-sze3 gen-na
4. iti gu4-ta-bi2-mu2-mu2
5. mu en-gal-mah-an-na en {d}nanna# ba-a-hun

Textual annotations

#new_text=P100908 # ID FORM SEGM XPOSTAG HEAD DEPREL MISC # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 3(disz) 3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 3 kasz kasz[beer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 5 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 6 ninda ninda[bread] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 4(disz) 4(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 8 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 9 i3-gesz igesz[oil] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 10 er3-ra-bi2 Erabi[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 11 sukkal sukkal[secretary] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 12 3(disz) 3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 13 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 kasz kasz[beer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 15 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 16 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 17 ninda ninda[bread] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 18 5(disz) 5(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 19 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 i3-gesz igesz[oil] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 a2-NE-ni Aneni[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 22 3(disz) 3(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 23 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 24 kasz kasz[beer] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 26 sila3 sila[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 27 ninda ninda[bread] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 28 4(disz) 4(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 29 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 i3-gesz igesz[oil] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 31 da-gi Dagi[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 32 sukkal sukkal[secretary] NOUN N Number=Sing|Animacy=Hum _ _ _ _ 33 szuszin{ki}-sze3 Szuszin[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 34 gen-na gen[go] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 35 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 36 gu4-ta-bi2-mu2-mu2 Gutabimumu[1] PROPN MN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 37 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 38 en-gal-mah-an-na Engalmahana[1] PROPN PN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 39 en en[priest] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 40 {d}nanna Nanna[1] PROPN DN Animacy=Hum|Number=Sing|Case=Gen,Abs _ _ _ _ 41 ba-a-hun hug[hire] VERB V Voice=Mid|Person=3|Number=Sing _ _ _ _

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/P100908

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 100908
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001604

References

  • primary: Amherst, 070

    [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
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:42 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 070 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100908.
Amherst 070 artifact entry (No. P100908). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100908
Amherst 070 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100908 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).
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	title = {Amherst 070 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100908},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 070 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P100908.
Amherst 070 artifact entry (No. P100908). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100908
Amherst 070 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100908 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-07]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 070 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100908},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100908},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P100908
LB  - CDLI:P100908
M1  - 2026/10/7/
TI  - Amherst 070 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100908
ER  - 
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