BM Messenger 212 (P107091)
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 020620Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. 2(disz) ma-na siki-gi
2. ki ur-ab-ba-ta
3. gu du6 esz3?-sze3
4. na-ba-sa6
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. ugula lu2-du10-ga szusz3
3. iti sze-sag11-ku5
4. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan ba-du3
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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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- Genre(s): Administrative (messenger)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BM Messenger, 212
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,660
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- Museum No.: BM 020620
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0660
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.40.11.00 (us2 year)
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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 metadata | 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 metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2017-02-15 at 19:29:32 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2016-07-28 at 14:14:12 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:26:43 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:10:14 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:17:29 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (032403) (032403)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20620) (BM.20620)
- British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-660) (W_1895-1017-660)
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2023BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {BM {Messenger} 212 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P107091},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107091},
}
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