Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 01 (P316965)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 015659

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Tablet about the fattening of sheep (CBT 2))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 15.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
2. sze-bi 3(barig) 5(ban2)
3. lu2-ma2-gan{ki}
4. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
5. 1(u) 5(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3
6. sze-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2) sila3 lu2-dingir-ra
7. 2(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
8. sze-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2) an-ne2
reverse
1. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 1(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
2. sze-bi 3(barig) 5(ban2) {d}nanna-si-sa2
  blank space
3. szunigin 9(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3
4. szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) udu 1(disz) sila3
5. sze-bi 3(asz) gur
6. iti GAN2-masz
7. mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-hul

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
  • Measurements (mm): 40.0 high × 30.0 wide × 15.0 thick
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:


  • primary: Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 01

    [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.

  • history: CBT 2, BM 015659 (catalogue)

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 015659
  • Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0386

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

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.01.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 10:18:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-07-07 at 12:50:53 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI approved View

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 01 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316965.
Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 01 artifact entry (No. P316965). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316965 (Original work published 2006)
Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316965 (Accessed: October 10, 2025).
@misc{2024Fs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {Fs {Tamburello} 1547-1557, 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316965},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316965},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P316965
LB  - CDLI:P316965
M1  - 2025/10/10/
TI  - Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316965
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 01 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P316965.
Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 01 artifact entry (No. P316965). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P316965 (Original work published 2006)
Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P316965 (Accessed: October 10, 2025).
@misc{2024Fs,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {Fs {Tamburello} 1547-1557, 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P316965},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P316965},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P316965
LB  - CDLI:P316965
M1  - 2025/10/10/
TI  - Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P316965
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.