RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 (P222241)

Literary cylinder excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A01116

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness Annotation unreviewed

Text

cylinder
column 1
1'. [...] ab-ke4
2'. si?# MI?# KA [...] EN-ni
3'. unken# nam-mi-du11
4'. [a]-gi6 uru16 [...] musz#
5'. [...] musz# x [...]
6'. [...]
7'. [...]
8'. [...]
column 2
4'. tu#-[...] unken x
5'. an-nun 1(gesz2@c) 4(asz@c)
6'. [...]
7'. an-na ama6-[...]-na-ke4 [...] mu-[...]
column 1'
1. izi im-da-tag
2. e2-mu ab-zu#-a IM
3. [...]-x-DU [...]-x-sze3
  rest of column missing
column 2'
1. a-[gi6 ...] ki x [...]
2. a-ba [ib2]-ta-du11
3. a-gi6# uru16# musz sze21-asz-sze3
4. [a]-ba# ib2-ta#-du11
5. [a]-gi6 sag3-sag3 [...] ki-x
  rest of column missing
column 3'
1. a#-gi6 uru16 NI x-an-da
2. i3-lu iri ga-e
3. a-gi6 uru16 musz x-an-da
4. i3-lu iri ga-e nin gi7
5. ab-sza3-sze3 lu2 eren? nam2-mi-gi4
6. {d}nin-mes bi2#-lu-lu
7. [...]-sze3 lu2 [...]
  rest of column mssing
column 4'
1. i3-lu ab-ke4 gesz nam2-ma-an-tuku
2. ab-sze3 ma2-gur8-ni nam-ma
3. ta# si-si HU AN GISZ PI
4. LA# BUR# nam2-mi-DU HA-x
5. gesz-tal2-la nam2-mi-DU?#
  rest of column missing
column 5'
1. x [...] banda3{da#} [...]
2. i3-ri-du8-[...] nam-mi-x
3. an u3-mu-na-szum2-mu
4. dumu mu-na ki u3-mu-
5. na#-szum2#-mu
6. ab szar2 szu x gi4
7. [...] x mes [...] mu#
8. [...]-TE [...]-SUM
  rest of column missing
column 6'
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...] HA# [...] 1(asz@c)
4. [... ab]-ba-szi [... he2]-da-gal2
5. [{d}]nansze ab-[ba]-szi he2-da-gal2
6. nin gi7 ab-ba EZENxX nam2-ma-
7. ni-ra {d}nansze ab-ba EZEN#
8. nam#-[...]
  rest of column missing
column 7'
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. a [...] x [...]
4. ku6# [...] x [...]
5. ama# [...] na [...]
6. ambar [...] szu# [...]
  rest of column missing
column 1''
1'. [...] sza3 [...] ki ag2#
2'. [...] AN [...] NAM
3'. ab-ba [...]
4'. {d}nansze x SZITA2 [...]
5'. {d}nansze# ab-[ba]
6'. [...]
7'. za3-[me]

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (witness)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 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/P222241

Physical information

Artifact type Cylinder
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Adab (mod. Bismaya)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number OIM A01116
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI) 6d17a36a-027e-4696-8262-d8ef3ab36fbb

References

  • primary: RIME 1, 15.add087.01, ex. 01

    [Frayne2008RIME1] Frayne, Douglas R. 2008. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 1. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: OIP 14, 53

    [Luckenbill1930OIP14] Luckenbill, Daniel D. 1930. Inscriptions from Adab. Oriental Institute Publications, Volume 14. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press.

  • history: CUSAS 26, 72

    [Westenholz2014CUSAS26] Westenholz, Aage. 2014. A Third-Millennium Miscellany of Cuneiform Texts. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 26. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • history: OIP 138, p. 136

    [Wilson2012OIP138] Wilson, Karen L., and Jacob Lauinger. 2012. Bismaya: Recovering the Lost City of Adab. Oriental Institute Publications 138. https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/oip138.pdf.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-24 at 22:10:16 Özdemir, Barış Artifact metadata Özdemir, Barış Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2024-12-24 at 21:40:15 Özdemir, Barış Transliteration Özdemir, Barış electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“RIME 1.15.Add087.01, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P222241.
RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P222241). (2025, January 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P222241 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P222241 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 2},
	title = {RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P222241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P222241},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 1.15.Add087.01, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P222241.
RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P222241). (2025, January 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P222241 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P222241 (Accessed: May 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 2},
	title = {RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P222241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P222241},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/1/2/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P222241
LB  - CDLI:P222241
M1  - 2026/5/17/
TI  - RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P222241
ER  -
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