BM Messenger 025 (P106904)
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 020243Period
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. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda szu-{d}szul-[gi]
2. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda kal-ad-da
3. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda ur-{d}nin-sun2
4. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda 4(disz) gin2 i3 aga3-us2 nig2-buru14-sze3 gen-na
5. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda 1(disz) gin2 i3 lugal-nam2-mah du6-GAN2?-sze3 gen-na
6. 6(disz) sila3 kasz 6(disz) sila3 ninda 6(disz) gin2 i3 aga3-us2 [...]{ki}-me
7. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 bar-du?-sza-um nig2-nesag-sze3 gen-na
otherwise bar-du8-sza-um nig2-unu-sze3 (MVN 2 copy Sauren)
8. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda 1/3(disz) sila3 i3 [lu2]-gi-na szusz3
9. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 ur-{d}en-ki sukkal
10. 4(disz) sila3 kasz 4(disz) sila3 ninda 4(disz) gin2 i3 lugal-{d}utu u3-gu
11. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 kal-la gesz-sze3 gen-na-me
12. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 1(u) gin2 i3 ur-nigar{gar} lu2 kas4
13. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 4(disz) gin2 i3 a-hu-ni lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-<la>
14. 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda szitim
15. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) ninda 1(u) gin2 i3 elam ra-gaba
16. 2(ban2) kasz 2(ban2) ninda 1/3(disz) sila3 i3 elam [...]
17. u4 4(disz)-kam
18. iti gu4-ra2-bi2-mu2-mu2
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, 25
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,283
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- Museum No.: BM 020243
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0283
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.02.04
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- Accounting Period: 0
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | 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 | 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. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:26:29 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:10:03 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:17:24 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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