BM Messenger 257 (P107136)

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 020173

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. udu gukkal gub-ba
 en: sheep, fat-tailed sheep stationed,
3. a-bi2-si2-im-ti
 en: Abi-simti
4. ugula szi-a-a szusz3
 en: foreman Ši’aya, cattle manager,
5. udu ku-ba-tum
 en: sheep k.,
6. ugula lu2-{d}nanna szabra nin
 en: foreman Lu-Nanna, chief household administrator of the queen,
reverse
1. udu e2-gal
 en: sheep of the palace,
2. ugula nam-ha-ni szusz3
 en: foreman Namḫani, cattle manager,
3. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
4. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
 en: in Girsu,
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3
 en: year: “Šu-Suen, king of Ur, Big-Stele for Enlil Ninlil, erected.”

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/P107136

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 020173
Accession Number 1895-10-17, 0213

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 032448
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.20173
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1895-1017-213

References

  • primary: BM Messenger, 257

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

    Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,213

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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
2017-05-19 at 22:01:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2016-12-15 at 17:01:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:06 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2014-12-10 at 10:59:14 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 257 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107136.
BM Messenger 257 artifact entry (No. P107136). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107136 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 257 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107136 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107136},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107136},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107136
LB  - CDLI:P107136
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - BM Messenger 257 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107136
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM Messenger 257 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107136.
BM Messenger 257 artifact entry (No. P107136). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107136 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 257 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107136 (Accessed: May 14, 2026).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107136},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107136},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107136
LB  - CDLI:P107136
M1  - 2026/5/14/
TI  - BM Messenger 257 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107136
ER  -
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