BM Messenger 253 (P107132)
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 020377Period
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. dub-gid2-da
en: long-tablets of
3. lu2-{d}ba-ba6 dumu ba-lu5
en: Lu-Baba, son of Balu,
4. u3 lu2-gu-la
en: and Lugula,
reverse
1. dumu ur-{d}igi-zi-bar-ra
en: son of Ur-Igizibara,
2. i3-gal2
en: are here;
3. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} hu-ur5-ti{ki} ba-hul
en: year: “Ḫarsi Ḫurti were destroyed.”
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, 253
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,417
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- Museum No.: BM 020377
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0417
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00
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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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| 2016-12-15 at 17:01:47 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2015-05-06 at 08:17:05 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:26:46 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:10:16 | 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 (032444) (032444)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20377) (BM.20377)
- British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-417) (W_1895-1017-417)
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2023BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {BM {Messenger} 253 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P107132},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107132},
}
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