BM Messenger 287 (P107166)
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 020053Period
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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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) u8
2. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) udu-nita2
3. 2(u) 9(disz) kir11
4. 3(u) 4(disz) sila4-nita2
5. 5(disz) masz2 sag
6. 2(disz) sila4-nita2 diri
7. mu-kux(DU)
8. u8 3(disz) udu-nita2
9. zi-ga
reverse
1. 2(u) 1(disz) u8 1(u) 3(disz) udu-nita2
2. ri-ri-ga
3. u8 1(disz) udu-nita2
4. la2-ia3-am3
5. szunigin 4(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gub-ba
6. szunigin 3(disz) zi-ga
7. szunigin 3(u) 4(disz) ri-ri-ga
8. szunigin 1(disz) la2-ia3
9. na-ba-sa6
10. ugula szar-ru-um-i3-li2
11. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki} nigin6{ki}
12. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki}
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) u8
2. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) udu-nita2
3. 2(u) 9(disz) kir11
4. 3(u) 4(disz) sila4-nita2
5. 5(disz) masz2 sag
6. 2(disz) sila4-nita2 diri
7. mu-kux(DU)
8. u8 3(disz) udu-nita2
9. zi-ga
reverse
1. 2(u) 1(disz) u8 1(u) 3(disz) udu-nita2
2. ri-ri-ga
3. u8 1(disz) udu-nita2
4. la2-ia3-am3
5. szunigin 4(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) gub-ba
6. szunigin 3(disz) zi-ga
7. szunigin 3(u) 4(disz) ri-ri-ga
8. szunigin 1(disz) la2-ia3
9. na-ba-sa6
10. ugula szar-ru-um-i3-li2
11. sza3 ki-nu-nir{ki} nigin6{ki}
12. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki}
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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, 287
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,093
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- Museum No.: BM 020053
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0093
- 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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- Accounting Period: 0
| 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 |  |
| 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 | |
| 2017-07-22 at 14:06:23 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | 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 | |
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (032478)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20053)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-93)
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