Amherst 086 (P100925)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 100925

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. 2(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sze ur5-ra erin2 e2 {d}inanna
3. ki lu2-gi-na-ta
4. ma2 ur-{d}lamma-ta
5. a-kal-la ugula
6. szu ba-ti
7. iti sze-il2-la
8. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 2(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sze ur5-ra erin2 e2 {d}inanna
3. ki lu2-gi-na-ta
4. ma2 ur-{d}lamma ugula esz3 didli-ta
  blank space
5. kiszib3 a-kal-la ugula e2 {d}inanna
reverse
1. iti sze-il2-la
  blank space
2. mu hu-hu-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. a-kal-la
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}nin-gesz#-zi#-da
  zi-da on the former line

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P100925

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) Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)
Museum Number Anonymous 100925
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001621

References

  • primary: Amherst, 086

    [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: JRAS 1905 (pp. 815-829), 817 1

    [Pinches1905JRAS] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1905. “Some Case-Tablets from Tel-Loh.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1905: 815–29.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-20 at 15:41:27 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2014-10-14 at 11:50:44 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-06-10 at 18:33:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:54 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 09:39:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:45 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 086 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100925.
Amherst 086 artifact entry (No. P100925). (2024, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100925 (Original work published 2001)
Amherst 086 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100925 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {Amherst 086 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100925},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100925},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 086 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100925.
Amherst 086 artifact entry (No. P100925). (2024, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100925 (Original work published 2001)
Amherst 086 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100925 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 20},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100925},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100925},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P100925
LB  - CDLI:P100925
M1  - 2026/10/7/
TI  - Amherst 086 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100925
ER  - 
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