BM Messenger 255 (P107134)
Administrative tag 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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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 020476Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TagMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak
en: accounts
3. GAN2 uru4-a
en: fields in plow,
4. szabra sanga-ne
en: of chief household administrators and chief temple administrators,
5. i3-gal2
en: are here;
reverse
1. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-a-bi
en: year following: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was erected.” the year following that.
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. nig2-ka9-ak
en: accounts
3. GAN2 uru4-a
en: fields in plow,
4. szabra sanga-ne
en: of chief household administrators and chief temple administrators,
5. i3-gal2
en: are here;
reverse
1. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-a-bi
en: year following: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was erected.” the year following that.
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: Tag
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BM Messenger, 255
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,516
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- Museum No.: BM 020476
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0516
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.41.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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- Accounting Period: 0
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 | |
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 | |
2016-12-15 at 17:01:47 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2016-07-28 at 14:14:17 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved | ||
2015-05-06 at 08:17:05 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved | ||
2015-03-13 at 12:42:08 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2011-07-22 at 13:26:46 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2011-05-02 at 14:10:16 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2006-10-12 at 12:17:30 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved | ||
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (032446)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20476)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-516)
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