BM Messenger 255 (P107134)

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 020476

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
3. GAN2 uru4-a
 en: fields in plow,
4. szabra sanga-ne
 en: of chief household administrators and chief temple administrators,
5. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
reverse
1. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-a-bi
 en: year following: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was erected.” the year following that.

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/P107134

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 020476
Accession Number 1895-10-17, 0516

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 032446
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.20476
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1017-516

References

  • primary: BM Messenger, 255

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

    Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,516

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
2016-12-15 at 17:01:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 14:14:17 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:05 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:42:08 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 12:17:30 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 255 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107134.
BM Messenger 255 artifact entry (No. P107134). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107134 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 255 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107134 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 255 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107134},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107134},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107134
LB  - CDLI:P107134
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - BM Messenger 255 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM Messenger 255 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107134.
BM Messenger 255 artifact entry (No. P107134). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107134 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 255 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107134 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 255 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107134},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107134},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107134
LB  - CDLI:P107134
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - BM Messenger 255 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107134
ER  -
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