UET 1, 0159 (P269988)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16479

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; restoration of Kagalmah; Kurigalzu 35; *no.45; cf.Walker, CBI #68)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

object brick
surface a
1. ku-ri-gal-zu
 en: Kurigalzu
2. szagina
 en: general
3. {d}en-lil2-la2
 en: of Enlil,
4. lugal kal-ga
 en: powerful king
5. lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri
 en: king of Sumer and Akkad
6. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
 en: king of the four corners
7. e2-gal-mah
8. libir-ra
 en: the ancient Egalmaḫ
9. nig2 u4-ul-li2-a-ta
 en: that from olden times
10. al-szub-bu-da
 en: had fallen into disrepair
11. mu-na-du3
 en: has rebuilt;
12. ki-bi-sze3
 en: to its place
13. bi2-in-gi4-a
 en: has restored it

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; restoration of Kagalmah; Kurigalzu 35; *no.45; cf.Walker, CBI #68)
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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P269988

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 03318
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 16479
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 208939
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.16479
Corpus of Kassite Sumerian Texts (CKST) P269988
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P269988

References

  • primary: UET 1, 0159

    [Gadd1928UET1] Gadd, Cyril John, and Léon Legrain. 1928. Royal Inscriptions. Ur Excavations. Texts 1. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

  • history: JCS 37 (pp. 229-248), 238*

    [Behrens1985JCS37] Behrens, Hermann. 1985. “Die Backsteine Mit Keilinschriften Im University Museum.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 37 (2): 229–48. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1359869.

  • history: MSKH 1, pp.217f

    [Brinkman1976MSKH1] Brinkman, John A. 1976. A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty. Materials and Studies for Kassite History 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago.

  • history: Sumer 10 (pp. 43-54), 047, #22B7a

    [El-Wailly1954Sumer10] El-Wailly, undefined. 1954. “Synopsis of Royal Sources of the Kassite Period.” Sumer 10: 43–54.

  • history: MIO 6, no. 39

    [Jaritz1958MIO6] Jaritz, K. 1958. Quellen Zur Geschichte Der Kaššû-Dynastie. Vol. 6. Mitteilungen Des Instituts Für Orientforschung.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-12-31 at 22:35:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-10-15 at 10:29:38 Chóliz, Guillermo Translation Chóliz, Guillermo Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2024-10-07 at 17:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-10 at 09:49:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-10 at 09:47:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-10 at 09:46:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-09 at 15:46:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-09 at 15:45:05 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
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-03-09 at 08:08:02 Chóliz, Guillermo Transliteration Chóliz, Guillermo Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2022-03-22 at 09:11:12 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 1, 0159 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269988.
UET 1, 0159 artifact entry (No. P269988). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269988 (Original work published 2005)
UET 1, 0159 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269988 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	month = {oct 7},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269988},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269988},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“UET 1, 0159 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269988.
UET 1, 0159 artifact entry (No. P269988). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269988 (Original work published 2005)
UET 1, 0159 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269988 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {UET 1, 0159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269988},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269988},
}


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