Amherst 099 (P100938)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Museum Number

WML 51.63.163

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3# ninda#
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3
3. a-a-gi-na
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3
6. a-bi2-li2 sukkal
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3
3. lugal-lu2-sa6
4. iti szu-numun
5. mu en eridu{ki} ba-a-hun

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Amherst, 099

    [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: Orient 16 (pp. 1-110), p. 99 151

    [Gomi1980Liverpool] Gomi, Tohru. 1980. “Administrative Texts of the Third Dynasty of Ur in the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 16: 1–110.

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  • Museum No.: WML 51.63.163
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.04.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-17 at 08:44:01 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2015-06-06 at 22:16:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:45 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 099 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100938.
Amherst 099 artifact entry (No. P100938). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100938 (Original work published 2001)
Amherst 099 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100938 (Accessed: November 15, 2025).
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	title = {Amherst 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100938},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100938},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Amherst 099 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P100938.
Amherst 099 artifact entry (No. P100938). (2024, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100938 (Original work published 2001)
Amherst 099 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100938 (Accessed: November 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 17},
	title = {Amherst 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100938},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100938},
}

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PY  - 2024
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