BM Messenger 312 (P107191)
Letter 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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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 021055Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Letter (messenger)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. na-ni
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 5(disz) udu u2
(one erased line)
4. 3(ban2) i3-gesz
5. [x] 3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
reverse
1. 1(disz) sila3 i3-nun du10-ga
2. 1(asz) gur zu2-lum
3. 5(disz) {gesz}pesz3 sze gu
4. 2(asz) gur ku6-sze6
1 line erased
5. 4(disz) sila3 gu2-tur-tur
6. 1(ban2) ga-ra
7. lu2-giri17-zal
left
1. ha-mu-na-ab-[szum2-mu]
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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, 312
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-18,45
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history: TCS 1, 169
[Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.
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- Museum No.: BM 021055
- Accession No.: 1895-10-18, 0045
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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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 | |
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2011-07-22 at 13:26:54 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2011-05-02 at 14:10:21 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2006-10-12 at 12:17:31 | 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 (015132)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.21055)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1018-45)