BM Messenger 147 (P107026)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021080

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz du
2. 3(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
3. 1(disz) id-gur2 i3
4. sza3-iri
5. 1(asz) dug dida du
6. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3
7. ur-nigar{gar} sukkal
8. 5(disz) sila3 kasz
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 zi3-gu
2. 1(disz) id-gur2 i3
3. sza3-iri
4. 1(asz) dug dida du
5. 5(disz) sila3 zi3 kaskal-sze3
6. a-gi4-a sukkal
7. szuszin{ki}-sze3 du-ne-ne
8. iti munu4-gu7

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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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  • primary: BM Messenger, 147

    [Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.

    Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-18,70


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  • Museum No.: BM 021080
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-18, 0070

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-12-29 at 16:06:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-12-29 at 16:06:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:27 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BM Messenger 147 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107026.
BM Messenger 147 artifact entry (No. P107026). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107026 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 147 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107026 (Accessed: November 12, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 147 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107026},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107026},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107026
LB  - CDLI:P107026
M1  - 2025/11/12/
TI  - BM Messenger 147 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM Messenger 147 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107026.
BM Messenger 147 artifact entry (No. P107026). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107026 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 147 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107026 (Accessed: November 12, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 147 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107026},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107026},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107026
LB  - CDLI:P107026
M1  - 2025/11/12/
TI  - BM Messenger 147 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107026
ER  - 
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