RIME 3/2.01.04.27, ex. 01 (P227141)

Official or display mace 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

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 31-43-252

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Mace

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Marble

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal inscription; Shusuen 21; 6 lines; incomplete)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

object macehead
surface a
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. {d}szu#-{d#}[suen]
3'. ki-ag2 {d}en#-lil2#-la2#
4'. lugal# [{d}en-lil2-le]
5'. ki#-ag2# sza3-ga-na#
6'. in#-pa3#?
  rest broken

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)

  • Artifact type: Mace Artifact type comments:

    macehead

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Marble
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    macehead

  • primary: RIME 3/2, .01.04.27, ex. 01

    [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: StOr 58, p.132f.

    [Karki1986StOr58] Kärki, Ilmari. 1986. Die Konigsinschriften Der Dritten Dynastie von Ur. Studia Orientalia (Societas Orientalis Fennica). Vol. 58.

  • history: UET 8, /1, 0035

    [Sollberger1965UET8] Sollberger, Edmond. 1965. Royal Inscriptions. Part II. Ur Excavations. Texts 8. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

  • history: FAOS 9/2, p.271

    [Steible1991FAOS9/2] Steible, Horst. 1991. Die Neusumerischen Bau- Und Weihinschriften. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien 9/2.

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  • Museum No.: UM 31-43-252
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 16272
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.00.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-04 at 11:01:02 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-09 at 07:38:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:12:00 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 10:07:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 16:46:19 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-12-29 at 14:52:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-09-21 at 10:09:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:43:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:35:54 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2003-08-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RIME 3/2.01.04.27 composite (P432300) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 3/2.01.04.27, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227141.
RIME 3/2.01.04.27, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P227141). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227141 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.04.27, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227141 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.04.27, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227141},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227141},
}


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