JCS 37, 238, 44C (P257418)

Official or display brick excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 35-01-392

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal inscription; Kurigalzu 34; cf. Walker, Brick Inscription no. 67, MSKH 1 217; 280x280x65mm)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Royal inscription; Kurigalzu 34; cf. Walker, Brick Inscription no. 67, MSKH 1 217; 280x280x65mm)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) needed View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P257418

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U —
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 35-01-392
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 311317
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.35-1-392

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-07 at 17:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-01 at 18:45:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-01 at 18:36:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 37, 238, 44C Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P257418.
JCS 37, 238, 44C artifact entry (No. P257418). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257418 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 37, 238, 44C artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257418 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {JCS 37, 238, 44C artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257418},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257418},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 37, 238, 44C Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P257418.
JCS 37, 238, 44C artifact entry (No. P257418). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257418 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 37, 238, 44C artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257418 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {JCS 37, 238, 44C artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257418},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257418},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P257418
LB  - CDLI:P257418
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - JCS 37, 238, 44C artifact entry
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