BM Messenger 028 (P106907)
Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 020576Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger text)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 lu2-{d}utu lu2 {gesz}tukul
2. 6(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda 4(disz) gin2 i3 gu-a-a lu2 {gesz}gigir u4 2(disz)-kam
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3
reverse
1. du11-ga-ga lu2 {gesz}tukul
2. 6(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda 4(disz) gin2 i3 ba-ga-ga lu2 {gesz}tukul u4 2(disz)-kam
3. 4(ban2) kasz 4(ban2) ninda 1(disz) sila3 i3 elam sa-bu-um{ki}-me
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda lu2-um-szi-na lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
5. iti munu4-gu7
6. mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} 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
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- Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BM Messenger, 28
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,616
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- Museum No.: BM 020576
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0616
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.05.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2026-03-11 at 14:48:48 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Transliteration | Dahl, Jacob L. | Dahl, Jacob L. | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2014-08-24 at 12:10:52 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:26:29 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:10:03 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:17:24 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (032219) (032219)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20576) (BM.20576)
- British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-616) (W_1895-1017-616)
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2023BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-05]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {BM {Messenger} 028 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P106907},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106907},
}
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