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Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 11 (P206332)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020328

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

47.0 mm × 25.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) la2 1(disz) udu-ni 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) la2 2(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
3. sze-bi 3(barig) nig2-kal-la
4. 1(gesz2) 3(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3#
5. sze-bi 2(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
6. lu2-kal-la
7. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
8. sze-bi 2(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3
9. an-ne2
10. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
11. sze-bi 2(barig)# 2(ban2)
reverse
1. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
2. 1(gesz2) 5(u) udu 1(disz) sila3
3. sze-bi 1(barig) 5(ban2)
4. a2-na-mu
5. 4(u) 5(disz) masz2 2/3(disz) sila3
6. sze-bi 3(ban2) sa2-du11
7. 4(u) 3(disz) sila4 diri 1(disz) sila3
8. sze-bi 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3
9. ur-ama-iri-da
blank space
10. u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
11. iti sze-il2-la

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 47.0 high × 25.0 wide × 17.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 11

[Mander2010FsTamburello] Notizia, Palmiro, and Pietro Mander. 2010. “Osservazioni in Margine Ad Un Ben Noto Archivio Di Allevatori Di Bestiame Da Girsu.” In Oriente, Occidente e Dintorni... Scritti in Onore Di Adolfo Tamburello (Vol. 4), 1547–57. Naples.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020328
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0368

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.12.12
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 10:18:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-07-07 at 18:40:50	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (041542) (041542)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20328) (BM.20328)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-368) (W_1895-1017-368)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 11 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P206332.

Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 11 artifact entry (No. P206332). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206332 (Original work published 2002)

Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206332 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P206332},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P206332},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 11 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P206332.

Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 11 artifact entry (No. P206332). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P206332 (Original work published 2002)

Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P206332 (Accessed: December 30, 2025).

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