BM Messenger 277 (P107156)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020127

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 6(disz) u8
2. 1(disz) udu-gal
3. 1(u) 8(disz) udu-nita2
4. sila4 ba-ur4
5. 1(u) 1(disz) sila4 nu-ur4
6. masz2 sag
7. 1(u) 1(disz) udu niga sag u8-sze3
8. mu-kux(DU)
9. udu-nita2
10. zi-ga
reverse
1. la2-ia3 6(disz) u8
2. 2(disz) sila4
3. la2-ia3 ur-{d}nin-tu
4. szunigin 5(u) 7(disz) gub-ba
5. szunigin zi-ga
6. szunigin 8(disz) la2-ia3
7. udu ur-{d}nin-tu sa6-du3 2(disz)-kam
8. lugal-me-lam2 szesz tul2-ta i3-dab5
9. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
10. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BM Messenger, 277

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

    Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,167

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  • Museum No.: BM 020127
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0167

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:30 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM Messenger 277 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107156.
BM Messenger 277 artifact entry (No. P107156). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107156 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 277 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107156 (Accessed: June 17, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 277 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107156},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107156},
}


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