BM Messenger 238 (P107117)
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 020379Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) kusz gu4
2. 7(disz) kusz gu4 al-hul-a
3. 5(disz) {szu2}szudul4 kusz gu4
4. 1(disz) kusz amar
5. 3(disz) kusz amar al-hul-a
reverse
1. 2(disz) {szu2}szudul4 kusz amar
2. 7(disz) kusz ansze
3. 4(disz) kusz ansze al-hul-a
4. 4(disz) kusz amar al-hul-a
5. 3(disz) {szu2}szudul4 ansze
6. 1(u) sa gu4
7. <ki> iri-sag-ta
8. ur-gu2-en-na szu ba-ti
9. giri3 lu2-sa6-ga dub-sar
10. iti mu-szu-du7
11. mu szi-ma-num2{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)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BM Messenger, 238
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,419
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- Museum No.: BM 020379
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0419
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.09.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | 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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| 2011-07-22 at 13:26:45 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:10:15 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:17:29 | 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 (032429) (032429)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20379) (BM.20379)
- British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-419) (W_1895-1017-419)
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2023BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {BM {Messenger} 238 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P107117},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107117},
}
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