RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 119 (P226854)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 124355

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Cone

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  reconstruction
tablet
obverse
1. {d}nanna
2. amar banda3{da} an-na
3. dumu-sag
4. {d}en-lil2-la2
5. lugal-a-ni
6. ur-{d}namma
7. nita kal-ga
8. lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4
9. e2-temen-ni2-gur3-ni
10. 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 3/2.01.01.11 composite (P432121) Q000939 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P226854

Physical information

Artifact type Cone
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley; Acquired by the British Museum in 1933.
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U ub
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 124355
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.124355
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P226854
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1933-1013-8

References

  • primary: RIME 3/2, 01.01.11, ex. 119

    [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: UET 8, /2, 0046

    [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.

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
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2012-09-21 at 10:09:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:43:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:35:48 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 3/2.01.01.11, Ex. 119 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P226854.
RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 119 artifact entry (No. P226854). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P226854 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 119 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P226854 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 119 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P226854},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P226854},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 3/2.01.01.11, Ex. 119 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P226854.
RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 119 artifact entry (No. P226854). (2026, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P226854 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 119 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P226854 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 119 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P226854},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P226854},
}


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DA  - 2026/7/20/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P226854
LB  - CDLI:P226854
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 119 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P226854
ER  -
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