RIME 2.01.02.20, ex. 39 (P216526)

Official or display tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 117148

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Witness

Text

reconstruction
object bowl
surface a
1. ri2-mu-usz
2. _lugal_
3. _kisz_

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Join Information:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Official or display (witness)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: RIME 2, 01.02.20, ex. 39

[Frayne1993RIME2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1993. Sargonic and Gutian Periods (2334-2113 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods, vol. 2. University of Toronto Press.
history: Iraq 51 (pp. 123-164), 156, fig. 9

[Potts1989Iraq51] Potts, Timothy F. 1989. “Foreign Stone Vessels of the Late Third Millennium B.C. from Southern Mesopotamia: Their Origins and Mechanisms of Exchange.” Iraq 51: 123–64.
history: UET 8, /2, 0041

[Sollberger1965UET8] Sollberger, Edmond. 1965. Royal Inscriptions. Part II. Ur Excavations. Texts 8. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.
citation: Fs Owen p.143-158, p. 152-156

[Such-Gutiérrez2010Königsinschriften] Such-Gutiérrez, Marcos. 2010. “Die Königsinschriften Des III. Jahrtausends Im British Museum. Ein Erster Bericht Und Fünf Neue Texte.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 143–58. Bethesda: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 117148
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: U 01167
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Period Comments:
Pre-Classical Sargonic
Dates Referenced: Rimush.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-24 at 16:11:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2013-12-27 at 14:46:38	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara		CDLI	Approved
2012-05-30 at 13:33:05	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	Approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Basello, Gian Pietro; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Gelb, Ignace J.; Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P216526) (P216526)
Ur Online Project (1221) (1221)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RIME 2.01.02.20 composite (P461966)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 2.01.02.20, Ex. 39 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216526.

RIME 2.01.02.20, ex. 39 artifact entry (No. P216526). (2024, August 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216526 (Original work published 2003)

RIME 2.01.02.20, ex. 39 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216526 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 24},
	title = {RIME 2.01.02.20, ex. 39 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216526},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216526},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 2.01.02.20, Ex. 39 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P216526.

RIME 2.01.02.20, ex. 39 artifact entry (No. P216526). (2024, August 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P216526 (Original work published 2003)

RIME 2.01.02.20, ex. 39 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P216526 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 24},
	title = {RIME 2.01.02.20, ex. 39 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P216526},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P216526},
}

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