BM Messenger 247 (P107126)

Administrative tag 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 020407

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak
 en: accounts of
3. lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu i3-kal-la
 en: Lu-Ningirsu, son of Ikalla,
4. ur-{d}nin-gir2-su dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6
 en: Ur-Ningirsu, son of Ur-Baba,
5. a-tu
 en: Atu,
reverse
1. {d}utu-bar-ra dumu a-mu
 en: Utu-bara, son of Amu,
2. lu2-bi-mu
 en: Lubimu,
3. a-gi4
 en: Agi
4. ur-e2-gal
 en: Ur-egal,
5. ur-gu2-en-na
 en: Ur-guena,
6. al-la-di-mu
 en: Alla-dimu
7. ur-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ur-{d}nansze
 en: Ur-Baba, son of Ur-Nanše,
8. ARAD2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu lugal-sa6-ga
 en: ARAD-Baba, son of Lugalsaga,
9. mu gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
 en: year: “The chair of Enlil was fashioned.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P107126

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
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 020407
Accession Number 1895-10-17, 0447

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 032438
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.20407
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1017-447

References

  • primary: BM Messenger, 247

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

    Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,447

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2017-02-26 at 13:24:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:03 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:42:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:29 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 247 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107126.
BM Messenger 247 artifact entry (No. P107126). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107126 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 247 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107126 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 247 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107126},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107126},
}


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TI  - BM Messenger 247 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM Messenger 247 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107126.
BM Messenger 247 artifact entry (No. P107126). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107126 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 247 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107126 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 247 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107126},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107126},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107126
LB  - CDLI:P107126
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - BM Messenger 247 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107126
ER  -
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