Amherst 055 (P100893)

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 51.63.167

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 8(disz) engar a-sza3 gir2-nun
2. 2(disz) engar a-sza3 lahtan2
3. 2(disz) engar a-sza3 {d}inanna
4. 1(esze3) GAN2 sze-bi 7(asz) gur lugal-ta
5. a-sza3 4(bur3) GAN2
reverse
1. sze-bi 1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(asz) gur
2. uru4-a e2-gal-ta
3. szuku engar-sze3
4. a-sza3 lahtan2
5. ugula sanga {d}nin-gir2-su
  1 line blank
6. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi

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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, 055

    [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: MCS 8, 51 Liv 51 63 167

    [Fish1958MCS8] Fish, Thomas. 1958. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 8.

  • history: Gomi Tohru, OR 16,94 138,

    [sec5973] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: WML 51.63.167
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 055 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100893.
Amherst 055 artifact entry (No. P100893). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100893
Amherst 055 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100893 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-28]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Amherst 055 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P100893},
}

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