BM Messenger 151 (P107030)
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 020700Period
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. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 ur-{d}suen sukkal {gesz}u3-suh5-sze3 gen-na
2. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 lugal-a2-zi-da sukkal sa-bu-um{ki}-sze3 gen-na
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
reverse
1. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 a-bu-ni lu2 kas4
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 lu2-nin-ga2
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 szu-{d}suen lu2 kas4 e2 ki-tusz-lu2-sze3 du
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 i-szar-pa2?-dan sukkal
editoin has pa
5. zi-ga u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
6. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
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, 151
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,740
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 020700
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0740
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.03.26
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| 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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| 2011-07-22 at 13:26:40 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:10:12 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:17:27 | 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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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (032342) (032342)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20700) (BM.20700)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-740) (W_1895-1017-740)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2023BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-17]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {BM {Messenger} 151 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P107030},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107030},
}
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