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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 020407Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TagMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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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.”
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)
- Artifact type: Tag
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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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
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- Museum No.: BM 020407
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0447
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | 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 | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2017-02-26 at 13:24:00 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2016-12-15 at 17:01:47 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2015-05-06 at 08:17:03 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2015-03-13 at 12:42:07 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:26:46 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:10:16 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:17:29 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (032438) (032438)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20407) (BM.20407)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-447) (W_1895-1017-447)