BM Messenger 288 (P107167)
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 020081Period
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. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) u8
2. 4(u) udu-nita2
3. 1(u) 5(disz) kir11
4. 1(u) 5(disz) sila4-nita2
5. 2(disz) masz2 sag
6. mu-kux(DU)
7. u8 udu-nita2
8. zi-ga
9. 3(disz) u8 2(u) udu-nita2
10. 3(disz) sila4
11. ri-ri-ga
reverse
1. u8 udu-nita2
2. sila4
3. la2-ia3-am3
4. szunigin 2(gesz2) 3(u) gub-ba
5. szunigin zi-ga
6. szunigin 2(u) 6(disz) ri-ri-ga
7. szunigin la2-ia3
8. lu2-dingir-dingir
9. ugula du11-ga-zi-da
10. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
11. mu us2-sa ki-masz{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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- Genre(s): Administrative (messenger)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BM Messenger, 288
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,121
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- Museum No.: BM 020081
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0121
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2 year)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | 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 14:10:20 | 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 (032479) (032479)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20081) (BM.20081)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-121) (W_1895-1017-121)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2023BM,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
year = {2023},
month = {aug 19},
title = {BM {Messenger} 288 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P107167},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107167},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2023/8/19/ PY - 2023 ID - P107167 LB - CDLI:P107167 M1 - 2025/11/10/ TI - BM Messenger 288 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P107167 ER -