BM Messenger 279 (P107158)
Administrative tablet 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 020140Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. 4(u) 9(disz) u8
2. 2(u) udu-nita2
3. 1(u) kir11
4. 1(u) 3(disz) sila4-nita2
5. 5(disz) masz2 sag
6. 4(disz) sila4-nita2 diri
7. mu-kux(DU)
8. 1(disz) u8 udu-nita2
9. zi-ga
10. 4(disz) u8 6(disz) udu-nita2 sila4
11. ri-ri-ga
reverse
1. u8 udu-nita2
2. la2-ia3-am3
3. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) gub-ba
4. szunigin 1(disz) zi-ga
5. szunigin 1(u) ri-ri-ga
6. szunigin la2-ia3
7. lu2-e2-kar-re
8. sza3 gu2-ab-ba{ki}
9. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul
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: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Administrative (messenger)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BM Messenger, 279
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,180
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- Museum No.: BM 020140
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0180
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
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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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| 2017-03-03 at 09:52:12 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:26:53 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:10:17 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:17:30 | 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 (032470) (032470)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20140) (BM.20140)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-180) (W_1895-1017-180)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2023BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-11]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {BM {Messenger} 279 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P107158},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107158},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2023/8/19/ PY - 2023 ID - P107158 LB - CDLI:P107158 M1 - 2025/8/11/ TI - BM Messenger 279 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P107158 ER -