BM Messenger 061 (P106940)

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 020573

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz ARAD2-{d}nanna lu2 {gesz}tukul-gu-la
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 4(disz) gin2 i3-gesz
reverse
1. da-da-a lu2 kas4 szuszin{ki}-sze3 gen-na
2. zi-ga ki a-kal-la-ta
3. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi
4. mu en-unu6-gal an-na en {d}inanna ba-hun

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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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  • primary: BM Messenger, 61

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

    Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,613


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  • Museum No.: BM 020573
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0613

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.06.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2014-08-24 at 12:10:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:25 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM Messenger 061 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P106940.
BM Messenger 061 artifact entry (No. P106940). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P106940 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 061 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P106940 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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}

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