Amorites 01 (P100966)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A—

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) gig 1(barig) gu2-tur-tur
2. ur-{d}ba-ba6 mar-tu
3. {gesz}banszur-ni szer3-re
  suggestion Ozaki, "quite uncertain"; s. P116874
4. dingir-dan sukkal maszkim
5. 2(ban2) gu2-gal-gal 2(ban2) gig
6. ga2-nun bar BI dumu lu2-x
7. x-ur4-ra dumu! x-x-a aga3-us2 ensi2 maszkim
  suggestion Ozaki
reverse
1. maszkim [(x)]
2. 1(barig) {d}gesztin-an#-na# e2-a-ni gen-na
3. szu#-i3-li2 maszkim
4. nig2 ga2-nun x-x-ta
5. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 an-sza-an{ki}-na-ke4 ba-tuku-a

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P100966

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)
Written In
Excavation Number TA 1931 T0032, 334
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number OIM A—
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 015023

References

  • primary: Amorites, pl. 1 no. 1

    [Buccellati1966Amorites] Buccellati, Giorgio. 1966. The Amorites of the Ur III Period. Pubblicazioni Del Seminario Di Semitistica. Ricerche 1. Naples: Istituto Orientale di Napoli.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-20 at 08:14:44 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2016-04-02 at 08:32:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:45 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Amorites 01 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P100966.
Amorites 01 artifact entry (No. P100966). (2023, October 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100966 (Original work published 2001)
Amorites 01 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100966 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
@misc{2023Amorites,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 20},
	title = {Amorites 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100966},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100966},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/20/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P100966
LB  - CDLI:P100966
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - Amorites 01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100966
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Amorites 01 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 20, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P100966.
Amorites 01 artifact entry (No. P100966). (2023, October 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P100966 (Original work published 2001)
Amorites 01 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P100966 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
@misc{2023Amorites,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 20},
	title = {Amorites 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P100966},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P100966},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/20/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P100966
LB  - CDLI:P100966
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - Amorites 01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P100966
ER  -
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