BM Messenger 190 (P107069)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021511

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. 1(asz) gur sze
2. i3-dub e2 kikken2-ta
3. na4-gi-na
4. dumu ur-{d}suen-ka-ra
5. ur-{d}ig-alim
6. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir ku3-dim2-ke4
7. in-szi-sa10
8. mu-bi-sze3
9. ur-{d}ig-alim ku3-dim2
reverse
1. su-su-dam
2. giri3 lu2-{d}utu dumu ba-zi
3. ziz2-da-bi na4-gi-na i3-su
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5
5. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P107069

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 021511
Accession Number 1896-03-30, 0177

References

  • primary: BM Messenger, 190

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

    Accessioned in the BM: 96-03-30,177


  • citation: Fs Hirsch = WZKM 86, p.449-459, p. 450

    [Westbrook1996zíz.da] Westbrook, Raymond. 1996. “Zíz.Da / Kiššātum.” Wiener Zeitschrift Für Die Kunde Des Morgenlandes 86: 449–59.

  • citation: NABU 1991/016

    [Wilcke1991NABU16] Wilcke, Claus. 1991. NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1991 (1).

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:28 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM Messenger 190 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107069.
BM Messenger 190 artifact entry (No. P107069). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107069 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 190 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107069 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	month = {aug 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107069},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107069},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM Messenger 190 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107069.
BM Messenger 190 artifact entry (No. P107069). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107069 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 190 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107069 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 190 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107069},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107069},
}

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PY  - 2023
ID  - P107069
LB  - CDLI:P107069
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - BM Messenger 190 artifact entry
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