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BM Messenger 309 (P107188)

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 021060

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 2(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-bi 1(asz) gur nig2-kal-la
2. 3(gesz2) 2(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-bi 1(asz) gur lu2-iri-mu
3. 3(gesz2) 2(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-bi 1(asz) gur dingir-mu-ra
4. 3(gesz2) 2(u) udu 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze-bi 1(asz) gur an-ne2
5. 5(u) sila4 diri 1(disz) sila3
reverse
1. sze-bi 5(ban2)
2. 8(disz) gu4 8(disz) sila3
3. 9(disz) gu4 6(disz) sila3
4. 5(disz) amar 3(disz) sila3
5. 7(disz) szeg9?-bar 2(disz) sila3 sze-bi 2(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3
6. u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
7. iti amar-a-a-si

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (messenger)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BM Messenger, 309

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

Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-18,50

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 021060
Accession No.: 1895-10-18, 0050

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.10.26
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2016-12-05 at 16:46:36	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:26:54	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:10:21	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:17:31	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (032500) (032500)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21060) (BM.21060)
The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1018-50) (W_1895-1018-50)

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“BM Messenger 309 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107188.

BM Messenger 309 artifact entry (No. P107188). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107188 (Original work published 2001)

BM Messenger 309 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107188 (Accessed: July 21, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 309 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107188},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107188},
}

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“BM Messenger 309 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107188.

BM Messenger 309 artifact entry (No. P107188). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107188 (Original work published 2001)

BM Messenger 309 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107188 (Accessed: July 21, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 309 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107188},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107188},
}

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ID  - P107188
LB  - CDLI:P107188
M1  - 2025/7/21/
TI  - BM Messenger 309 artifact entry
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ER  -

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