BM Messenger 320 (P107199)

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, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 020922a

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 9(asz) gur lugal 1(ban2) esir2 E2-A
2. 5(asz) gu2 esir2 had2
3. ki a-gi4-ta
4. dah!-u3 mar-sa-sze3
  Sigrist du8
5. lu2-{d}nin-szubur
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. kiszib3 ur-mes dumu na-silim
2. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
3. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-mes
2. dub-sar
3. dumu a-tu

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: Tablet & envelope Artifact type comments:

    unopened envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envelope

  • primary: BM Messenger, 320

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

    Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-17,962a

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  • Museum No.: BM 020922a
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-17, 0962a

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:31 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004543 (composite) (P457253) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM Messenger 320 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107199.
BM Messenger 320 artifact entry (No. P107199). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107199 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 320 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107199 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 320 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107199},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107199},
}


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