Amherst 054 (P100892)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Amherst, unlocated (dispersed)

Museum Number

Anonymous 100892

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (gaba-ri)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. {gesz}kiri6 {d}szul-gi-a2-kalam-ma
3. 1(asz) 2(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 gesztin gar3-szum{ki}
4. 2(barig) 2(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 {d}nin-gir2-su-a2-dah-{d}szul-gi
5. 3(barig) 2(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 ur-{d}nin-gir2-su gu-la
6. 2(barig) {gesz}kiri6 ga-esz8
7. 4(barig) {gesz}kiri6 {d}szul-pa-e3
8. 3(barig) {gesz}kiri6 lu2-du10-ga
9. 2(barig) {gesz}kiri6 gu-la-a-[ma]-nu
10. 3(barig) 1(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 iri-sag
11. 3(barig) {gesz}kiri6 geme2-{d}szul-pa-e3
12. 4(barig) 3(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 {d}nin-gir2-su-kun-erim2
13. 1(barig) 2(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 ti-ra-asz2
14. 1(barig) 2(ban2) lu2-su7?
15. 2(barig) lu2 na-gab2-tum
16. szunigin 1(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur lugal
17. ugula gu2-u3-mu szandana
18. 5(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 en-ne
reverse
1. 2(asz) {gesz}kiri6 ur-ma-ma
2. 4(barig) {gesz}kiri6 geme2-{d}isztaran
3. 3(barig) 5(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 al-la-mu
4. 1(barig) 4(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 u3-suh5 gaba-ri en-ki
5. 3(barig) 5(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 gu-la sza3-iri
6. 4(barig) 2(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 ma-ni
7. 3(barig) {gesz}kiri6 gesztin gu2-{d}ba-ba6-he2-gal2
8. 3(barig) 2(ban2) {gesz}kiri6 {d}ig-alim
9. 1(asz) 1(barig) lu2 na-gab2!-tum-me
10. szunigin 8(asz) 5(ban2) sze gur lugal
11. ugula ab-ba-mu szandana
12. szunigin 2(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) sze gur lugal
13. sze-ba du3-a-ku5-e-ne
14. i3-dub me-luh-ha-ta
15. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-zi-ta
16. kiszib3 ur-{gesz}gigir u3 ka-tar-{d}ba-ba6
17. kiszib3-bi 1(disz)-am3
18. iti ezem-{d}ba-ba6-ta
19. iti mu-szu-du7-sze3
20. iti 2(disz)-kam
left
1. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-a-bi

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Amherst, 054

    [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: JESHO 20, p.129-165, p. 140 5

    [Parpola1977Meluhha] Parpola, Simo, Asko Parpola, and Robert H. Brunswig. 1977. “The Meluḫḫa Village: Evidence of Acculturation of Harappan Traders in Late Third Millennium Mesopotamia?” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 20: 129–65.

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  • Museum No.: Anonymous 100892
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.08.00, Šulgi.48.09.00 (us2-us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2021-10-26 at 09:48:44 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:17:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:04:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:14:41 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 054 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100892.
Amherst 054 artifact entry (No. P100892). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100892
Amherst 054 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100892 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
@misc{2001Amherst,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100892},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100892},
}


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