BM Messenger 249 (P107128)
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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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 020424Period
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. sza3 {kusz}du10-gan
en: in the pouch,
3. e2-kas4 sza3 gir2-su{ki}
en: messenger house in Girsu,
4. i3-gal2
en: are here;
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi-ka
en: from month “Festival-of-Dumuzi,”
2. iti sze-il2-la?-sze3
en: to month “Barley-carried,”
edition has la2
3. iti 7(disz)-kam
en: (a period of) 7 months,
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
en: year after: “Kimaš was destroyed.”
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. sza3 {kusz}du10-gan
en: in the pouch,
3. e2-kas4 sza3 gir2-su{ki}
en: messenger house in Girsu,
4. i3-gal2
en: are here;
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}dumu-zi-ka
en: from month “Festival-of-Dumuzi,”
2. iti sze-il2-la?-sze3
en: to month “Barley-carried,”
edition has la2
3. iti 7(disz)-kam
en: (a period of) 7 months,
4. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
en: year after: “Kimaš was destroyed.”
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, 249
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.
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history: transliterated Veldhuis ZA 091, 090,
[sec8870] N.d.
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- Museum No.: BM 020424
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0464
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.06.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.47.06.12 (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 | |
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| 2015-12-10 at 21:44:43 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2015-05-06 at 08:17:04 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:26:46 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:10:16 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:17:29 | 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 (032440)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.20424)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-464)
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