RIME 3/2.01.01.33, ex. 05 (P226650)

Official or display brick excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 090015

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

320.0 mm × 320.0 mm × 75.0 mm

Witness

Text

object brick
surface a
column 1
1. {d}inanna
2. nin-a-ni
3. ur-{d}namma
4. nita kal-ga
column 2
1. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
2. lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-ke4
3. e2-a-ni
4. mu-na-du3

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
RIME 3/2.01.01.33 composite (P432143) Q000953 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P226650

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions 320.0 mm × 320.0 mm × 75.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Uruk (mod. Warka)
Excavated by William Kennett Loftus; Acquired by the British Museum pre-1900.
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 090015
Accession Number 1979-12-20, 0014

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.90015
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P226650
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1979-1220-14

References

  • primary: RIME 3/2, 01.01.33, ex. 05

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: CT 21, pl. 03 BM 090015

    [King1905CT21] King, Leonard W. 1905. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 21.

  • history: Reading the Past, 065

    [Walker1990ReadingthePast] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1990. “Cuneiform.” Reading the Past: Ancient Writing from Cuneiform to the Alphabet.

  • citation: CBI, 017

    [Walker1981Bricks] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1981. Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the City of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-07-18 at 14:11:25 Cross, Aidan Artifact metadata Cross, Aidan Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-02 at 10:52:51 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 14:08:27 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-03 at 12:59:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-11 at 13:25:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-03 at 10:40:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-03 at 10:33:53 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2012-09-24 at 22:50:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-09-21 at 10:09:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:42:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:35:40 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-08-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RIME 3/2.01.01.33, Ex. 05 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P226650.
RIME 3/2.01.01.33, ex. 05 artifact entry (No. P226650). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P226650 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.33, ex. 05 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P226650 (Accessed: September 11, 2026).
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	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.33, ex. 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P226650},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P226650},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 3/2.01.01.33, Ex. 05 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P226650.
RIME 3/2.01.01.33, ex. 05 artifact entry (No. P226650). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P226650 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.33, ex. 05 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P226650 (Accessed: September 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-11]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.33, ex. 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P226650},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P226650},
}


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PY  - 2026
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M1  - 2026/9/11/
TI  - RIME 3/2.01.01.33, ex. 05 artifact entry
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