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BM Messenger 154 (P107033)

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 020699

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

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 2(disz) i3 id-gur2 puzur4-i3-li2 lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 igi-du lu2 kas4
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 ga-du lu2 kas4
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3
reverse
1. 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 na4!-nim-sza3-ga elam giri3 u3-ba-a gen-na-me
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 dingir-ba-ni sag-sze3 gen-na
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 szu-ug-zi sukkal ha-gar{ki}-da gen-na
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 zi3 1(disz) i3 id-gur2 szu-{d}utu lu2 kas4
5. zi-ga u4 2(u) 3(disz) ba-zal
6. iti szu-numun

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BM Messenger, 154

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

Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,739

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020699
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0739

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.04.23
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2016-07-28 at 14:14:08	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2014-08-24 at 12:10:53	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:26:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:10:12	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:17:27	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (032345) (032345)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20699) (BM.20699)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-739) (W_1895-1017-739)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM Messenger 154 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107033.

BM Messenger 154 artifact entry (No. P107033). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107033 (Original work published 2001)

BM Messenger 154 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107033 (Accessed: February 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 154 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107033},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107033},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM Messenger 154 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107033.

BM Messenger 154 artifact entry (No. P107033). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107033 (Original work published 2001)

BM Messenger 154 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107033 (Accessed: February 6, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 154 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107033},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107033},
}

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PY  - 2023
ID  - P107033
LB  - CDLI:P107033
M1  - 2026/2/6/
TI  - BM Messenger 154 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107033
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