RIME 3/2.01.03.17, ex. 03 (P226792)

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

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 114684

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. {d}nanna
2. kar-zi-da
3. lugal-a-ni-ir
4. {d}amar-{d}suen
5. nibru{ki}-a
6. {d}en-lil2-le
7. mu pa3-da
8. sag-us2
9. e2 {d}en-lil2-ka
10. dingir zi kalam-ma-na
11. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
12. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4
13. u4 ul-li2-a-ta
14. kar-zi-da-a
15. ge6-par4 nu-du3-[am3]
16. en nu-un-ti-am3#
17. {d}amar-{d}suen
reverse
1. dumu ki-ag2 {d}nanna-ke4
2. {d}nanna
3. ki-ag2-ga2-ni-ir
4. kar-zi-da-a
5. ge6-par4 mu-na-du3
6. en-aga-zi-an-na
7. en ki-ag2-ga2-ni
8. mu-un-na-ni-<in-kux(KWU147)>
9. {d}amar-{d}suen-ke4
10. nam-ti ib2-su3-re6
left
1. {d}utu {d}a-a

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:
foundation tablet
Material: Stone
Measurements (mm):
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Seal information:
Artifact comments:
foundation tablet

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: RIME 3/2, 01.03.17, ex. 03

[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.
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 114684
Accession No.: 1920-10-11, 0001

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	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
2021-04-21 at 12:26:48	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	Approved
2019-12-07 at 13:01:49	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2019-12-07 at 12:59:06	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2018-08-23 at 08:56:57	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2012-09-21 at 10:09:18	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:42:56	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:35:46	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2003-08-19 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.114684) (BM.114684)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P226792) (P226792)
British Museum Collection (W_1920-1011-1) (W_1920-1011-1)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RIME 3/2.01.03.17 composite (P432272)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 3/2.01.03.17, Ex. 03 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P226792.

RIME 3/2.01.03.17, ex. 03 artifact entry (No. P226792). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P226792 (Original work published 2003)

RIME 3/2.01.03.17, ex. 03 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P226792 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.03.17, ex. 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P226792},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P226792},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 3/2.01.03.17, Ex. 03 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P226792.

RIME 3/2.01.03.17, ex. 03 artifact entry (No. P226792). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P226792 (Original work published 2003)

RIME 3/2.01.03.17, ex. 03 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P226792 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

@misc{2026RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.03.17, ex. 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P226792},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P226792},
}

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DA  - 2026/3/8/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P226792
LB  - CDLI:P226792
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - RIME 3/2.01.03.17, ex. 03 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P226792
ER  -