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BM Messenger 327 (P107206)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 020917a

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. sze-ba didli-sze3
3. sze du6-sa-bar
4. ki lu2-mudra5-ta
5. kiszib3 lu2-{d}utu dumu ba-zi
reverse
1. iti amar-a-a-si
2. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}utu
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-zi

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
Material: Clay
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Seal information:
Artifact comments:
unopened envelope

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BM Messenger, 327

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

Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,957a

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 020917a
Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0957a

Provenience

Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.10.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2014-02-07 at 14:30:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:26:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:10:22	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:17:31	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (032516) (032516)
British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-957-a) (W_1895-1017-957-a)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003311 (composite) (P456021)	Girsu (mod. Tello)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM Messenger 327 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107206.

BM Messenger 327 artifact entry (No. P107206). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107206 (Original work published 2001)

BM Messenger 327 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107206 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 327 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107206},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107206},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM Messenger 327 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P107206.

BM Messenger 327 artifact entry (No. P107206). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107206 (Original work published 2001)

BM Messenger 327 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107206 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

@misc{2023BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 327 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107206},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107206},
}

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DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P107206
LB  - CDLI:P107206
M1  - 2026/1/27/
TI  - BM Messenger 327 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107206
ER  -