BM Messenger 282 (P107161)

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 020083

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(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) u8
2. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) udu-nita2
3. 1(u) 3(disz) kir11
4. 1(u) 9(disz) sila4-nita2
5. sila4-nita2 diri
6. 2(disz) masz2 sag
7. mu-kux(DU)
8. 6(disz) udu-nita2
9. zi-ga
10. 1(u) 4(disz) u8 3(u) 1(disz) udu-nita2
11. 7(disz) sila4
reverse
1. ri-ri-ga
2. udu niga
3. szunigin 3(gesz2) 4(u) gub-ba
4. szunigin 6(disz) zi-ga
5. szunigin 5(u) 2(disz) ri-ri-ga
6. szunigin la2-ia3
7. ku5-da na-gada
8. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
9. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-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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  • primary: BM Messenger, 282

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

    Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,123


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  • Museum No.: BM 020083
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0123

  • 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
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 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 13:26:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:19 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 282 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107161.
BM Messenger 282 artifact entry (No. P107161). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107161 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 282 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107161 (Accessed: August 29, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 282 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107161},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107161},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107161
LB  - CDLI:P107161
M1  - 2025/8/29/
TI  - BM Messenger 282 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107161
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BM Messenger 282 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107161.
BM Messenger 282 artifact entry (No. P107161). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107161 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 282 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107161 (Accessed: August 29, 2025).
@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 282 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107161},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107161},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107161
LB  - CDLI:P107161
M1  - 2025/8/29/
TI  - BM Messenger 282 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107161
ER  - 
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