BM Messenger 330 & 331 (P107209)

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 019959

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) sze gur lugal
2. sag-bi 1(u) 4(disz) lugal
3. sze-ba {gesz}tukul-e dab5-ba
4. ki lu2-usz-gi-na-ta
5. e2-duru5 uz-e-gar-ra-ta
reverse
1. sukkal-di-de3
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti szu-numun u3
  some text moved to next line
4. munu4-gu7
5. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. gur 1(gesz2)-ta
3. sze-ba lu2 {gesz}tukul-e dab5-ba
4. ki lu2-usz-gi-na-ta
5. kiszib3 sukkal-di-de3
reverse
1. e2-duru5 uz-e-gar-ra-ta
2. iti szu-numun u3
  some text moved to next line
3. munu4-gu7
4. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. sukkal-di-de3
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}nin-tu

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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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BM Messenger, 330 & 331

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

    Accessioned in the BM: 95-10-16,242a

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 019959
  • Accession No.: 1895-10-16, 0242

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.04.05 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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
2015-12-17 at 16:58:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-12-17 at 16:58:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:26:56 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 004040 (composite) (P456750) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BM Messenger 330 & 331 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107209.
BM Messenger 330 & 331 artifact entry (No. P107209). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107209 (Original work published 2001)
BM Messenger 330 & 331 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107209 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {BM {Messenger} 330 & 331 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107209},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P107209},
}


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