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Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 18 (P317137)
Administrative, Ur III, Girsu · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Tamburello 1547-1557, 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | P317137 |
| Museum no. | BM 015871 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz2)# 4(u)# 8(disz)# udu#-gal# 1(u) 5(disz) masz2-gal | 68 large sheep, 15 small goats |
| 2 | giri3 na#-ba#-sa6 dumu he2-na-ti | via Nabasa, son of Henati |
| 3 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu-gal 1(u) 1(disz) masz2-gal | 91 fullgrown sheep, 11 fullgrown billy goats, |
| 4 | giri3 na-ba-sa6 dumu ur-szu-ga-lam-ma | via Nabasa, son of Ur-šugalama |
| 5 | ki ur-{d}lamma dumu u2-du-LU-ta | from Ur-Lamma, son of Udu-LU |
| 6 | 2(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz) udu-gal 2(u) 1(disz) masz2-gal | 122 fullgrown sheep, 21 fullgrown billy goats, |
| 7 | ki lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3 u2-du-LU-ta | from Lu-Igimaše the ram |
| 8 | 5(disz) udu-gal szuku e2 {d}szul-gi | 5 large sheep, prebend of the temple of Šulgi |
| 9 | udu szuku-ra iri-bar-ra | sheep for the prebend of Iri-bara, |
| 10 | 1(disz) udu szuku ur-{gesz}gigir ugula e2-sukkal | 1 sheep, prebend of Ur-gigir, foreman of the Esukkal; |
| 11 | giri3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur | via Lu-Ninšubur |
| 12 | 5(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) udu-gal 4(u) 7(disz) masz2-gal | 155 full-grown sheep, 47 fullgrown billy goats, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [sza3-b]i-ta | from there |
| 2 | [...] udu# 1(u) 2(disz) masz2 lu2-ma2-gan | ... rams, 12 billy goats, Lu-magan |
| 3 | [... n] 2(disz) masz2 lu2-dingir-ra | ... n+2 billy goats, Lu-dingira |
| 4 | [...] udu 1(u) 1(disz) masz2 an-ne2 | ... sheep, 11 billy goats for An |
| 5 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) udu 1(u) 2(disz) masz2 {d}nanna-si-sa2 | 114 sheep, 12 billy goats for Nanna-sisa, |
| 6 | sza3 e2 ur-dun | in the house of Ur-Dun |
| 7 | 4(u) udu-gal giri3 lu2-sa6-i3-zu | 40 large sheep, via Lu-sa-izu |
| 8 | ga2-nun-gesz# [x?]-sze3 | to the storehouse |
| 9 | lu2-{d}gu3-de2-a i3-dab5 | Lu-Gudea accepted; |
| 10 | 6(gesz2) 2(u) 2(disz)# udu#? masz2 | 292 rams, billy goats |
| 11 | iti ezem-{d}li9-si4 u4 2(u) 2(disz) ba-zal# | month: “Festival-of-Lisi, the day 22 passed |
| 12 | mu en {d}inanna [...] | year: “The en-priestess of Inanna |
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