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BM Messenger 227 (P107106)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 020892a

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz) gu2 5(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki-gi
2. ki ur-dam-ta
3. e2 ur-dun-ta
reverse
1. giri3 sanga {d}nin-gir2-su
2. iti ezem-{d}li9-si4
3. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-nigar{gar}
2. dumu ur-sa6-ga
3. dam-gar3

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 & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
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Condition Description:
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Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BM Messenger, 227

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

Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,932a

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020892a
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0932a

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.03.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2017-02-15 at 19:29:32	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2013-06-30 at 10:29:42	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:26:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:10:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:17:29	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 (032418) (032418)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-932-a) (W_1895-1017-932-a)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 004642 (composite) (P457352)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM Messenger 227 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107106.

BM Messenger 227 artifact entry (No. P107106). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107106 (Original work published 2001)

BM Messenger 227 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107106 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 227 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107106},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107106},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM Messenger 227 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107106.

BM Messenger 227 artifact entry (No. P107106). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107106 (Original work published 2001)

BM Messenger 227 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107106 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 227 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107106},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107106},
}

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DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107106
LB  - CDLI:P107106
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - BM Messenger 227 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107106
ER  -