BM Messenger 238 (P107117)

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 020379

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) kusz gu4
2. 7(disz) kusz gu4 al-hul-a
3. 5(disz) {szu2}szudul4 kusz gu4
4. 1(disz) kusz amar
5. 3(disz) kusz amar al-hul-a
reverse
1. 2(disz) {szu2}szudul4 kusz amar
2. 7(disz) kusz ansze
3. 4(disz) kusz ansze al-hul-a
4. 4(disz) kusz amar al-hul-a
5. 3(disz) {szu2}szudul4 ansze
6. 1(u) sa gu4
7. <ki> iri-sag-ta
8. ur-gu2-en-na szu ba-ti
9. giri3 lu2-sa6-ga dub-sar
10. iti mu-szu-du7
11. mu szi-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul

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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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  • primary: BM Messenger, 238

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

    Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,419

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  • Museum No.: BM 020379
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0419

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.09.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:29 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM Messenger 238 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107117.
BM Messenger 238 artifact entry (No. P107117). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107117 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 238 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107117 (Accessed: June 28, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 238 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107117},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107117},
}


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