OIP 104, 047 (P220656)

Legal kudurru excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 32-40-436

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Kudurru

Material(s)

Sedimentary rock > Limestone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

81.0 mm × 62.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P220656 P468388 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P220656

Physical information

kudurru

Artifact type	Kudurru kudurru
Dimensions	81.0 mm × 62.0 mm × 27.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Sedimentary rock > Limestone
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	U 17717
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	UM 32-40-436
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	260195
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	UM.32-40-436
Ur Online Project (UrOnline)	19036

References

primary: OIP 104, 047

[Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace Jay, 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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other 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
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 104, 047 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P220656.

OIP 104, 047 artifact entry (No. P220656). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220656 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 104, 047 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220656 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220656},
}

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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OIP 104, 047 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P220656.

OIP 104, 047 artifact entry (No. P220656). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P220656 (Original work published 2003)

OIP 104, 047 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P220656 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

@misc{2024OIP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {OIP 104, 047 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P220656},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P220656},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P220656
LB  - CDLI:P220656
M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - OIP 104, 047 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P220656
ER  -