RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 04 (P227111)

Official or display brick excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16528a

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

  reconstruction
tablet
obverse
1. {d}nanna
2. dumu-sag
3. {d}en-lil2-la2
4. lugal-a-ni
5. ur-{d}namma
6. nita kal-ga
7. en unu{ki}-ga
8. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
9. lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri-ke4
10. e2-temen-ni2-gur3
11. e2 ki-ag2-ga2-ni
12. mu-na-du3
13. ki-be2 mu-na-gi4

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 3/2.01.01.12 composite (P432122) Q000940 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P227111

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 03133b
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 16528a
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 588264
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.16528.A
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P227111

References

  • primary: RIME 3/2, 01.01.12, ex. 04

    [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: JCS 37 (pp. 229-248), 232

    [Behrens1985JCS37] Behrens, Hermann. 1985. “Die Backsteine Mit Keilinschriften Im University Museum.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 37 (2): 229–48. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1359869.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-07 at 17:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-01 at 18:45:26 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
2012-09-21 at 10:09:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:43:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:35:54 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 3/2.01.01.12, Ex. 04 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227111.
RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 04 artifact entry (No. P227111). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227111 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 04 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227111 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	month = {oct 7},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227111},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227111},
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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 3/2.01.01.12, Ex. 04 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227111.
RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 04 artifact entry (No. P227111). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227111 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 04 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227111 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227111},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227111},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P227111
LB  - CDLI:P227111
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 04 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227111
ER  -
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