Amherst 078 (P100916)

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

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. 4(disz) ma#-na# siki!
2. ur-bad3-tibirx(KU)-ra
3. i3-du8 e2 esir2
reverse
  blank space
1. mu en-me-mah-gal-an-na en {d}nanna ba-hun-a

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/P100916

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) National Postal Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Museum Number Yoshida —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001612

References

  • primary: Amherst, 078

    [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), 199 5

    [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)

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-27 at 12:12:38 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2009-06-03 at 09:39:00 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 078 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100916.
Amherst 078 artifact entry (No. P100916). (2024, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100916 (Original work published 2001)
Amherst 078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100916 (Accessed: October 5, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {Amherst 078 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100916},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100916},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 078 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100916.
Amherst 078 artifact entry (No. P100916). (2024, September 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100916 (Original work published 2001)
Amherst 078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100916 (Accessed: October 5, 2026).
@misc{2024Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 27},
	title = {Amherst 078 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100916},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100916},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P100916
LB  - CDLI:P100916
M1  - 2026/10/5/
TI  - Amherst 078 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100916
ER  -
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