BM Messenger 318 (P107197)
Administrative tablet & envelope 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 020928aPeriod
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Girsu (mod. Tello)Artifact Type
Tablet & envelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 1(barig) esir2 E2-A lugal
2. ki szu-na-ta
3. ugula ur-{d}nansze
4. ma2 uz-ga-sze3
5. mar-sa-sze3
6. kiszib3 esz-am3
reverse
1. iti szu-numun
2. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ab-ba-mu
2. dumu ur-e2-an-na
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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
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Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:
unopened envelope
- Material: Clay
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Artifact comments:
unopened envelope
- Genre(s): Administrative (messenger)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BM Messenger, 318
[Sigrist1990MessengerTexts] Sigrist, Marcel. 1990. Messenger Texts from the British Museum. Potomac, Maryland: Capital Decisions Limited.Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,968a
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- Museum No.: BM 020928a
- Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0968a
- Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.04.00 (us2 year)
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- Accounting Period: 0
Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved | |
2015-12-10 at 11:39:18 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2011-07-22 at 13:26:55 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2011-05-02 at 14:10:22 | 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 (032507)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1895-1017-968-a)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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CDLI Seals 001907 (composite) (P454617) | Girsu (mod. Tello) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |