OIP 104, 017 (P220631)

Kudurru excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Photo

Lineart

Photo (detail)

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1928-0423

Period

ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)

Artifact Type

Kudurru

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

92.0 mm × 69.0 mm × 30.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P220631 P010527 (retired) P248940 (retired) P248941 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P220631

Physical information

slab; kudurru

Artifact type	Kudurru slab; kudurru
Dimensions	92.0 mm × 69.0 mm × 30.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Stone
Preservation	fragment

Provenance

Provenience	Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) Tell Ingarra
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	Y 222
Findspot	locus V found in debris at the extreme south of trench Y (Grégoire); from mound Z . . . above red-stone level (Langdon)
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1928-0423
Accession Number

References

primary: OIP 104, 017

[Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace J., Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.
history: OECT 7, 149

[Langdon1928OECT7] Langdon, Stephen H. 1928. The H. Weld-Blundell Collection in the Ashmolean Museum. Pictographic Inscriptions from Jemdet Nasr, Excavated by the Oxford and Field Museum Expedition. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 7. London: Oxford University Press.

mound Z at Kish, above red-stratum level
history: Grégoire in Moorey, P. Roger S., Kish Excavations 1928-1933, microfiche 3, p. D11, 2 (copy) [1978]AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1928-423

[sec26718] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 104, 017 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P220631.

OIP 104, 017 artifact entry (No. P220631). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220631 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 104, 017 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220631 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“OIP 104, 017 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P220631.

OIP 104, 017 artifact entry (No. P220631). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220631 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 104, 017 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220631 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220631},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220631},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P220631
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - OIP 104, 017 artifact entry
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