RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 153 (P227148)

Official or display cone 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

UM 35-01-151

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 Royal Inscription; Urnammu 25; building of Etemenniguru for Nanna; dups.CBS19704,13148,UM33-35-194,195,35-1-149,150,152,84-3-1; cf.Hallo, HUCA 33, p.27; Karki)

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 Royal Inscription; Urnammu 25; building of Etemenniguru for Nanna; dups.CBS19704,13148,UM33-35-194,195,35-1-149,150,152,84-3-1; cf.Hallo, HUCA 33, p.27; Karki)
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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P227148

Physical information

Artifact type Cone
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 35-01-151
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 79379
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.35-1-151
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P227148

References

  • primary: RIME 3/2, .01.01.11, ex. 153

    [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, pp. 13f.

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

  • history: FAOS 9/2, p. 121 UM 35-01-151

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-04 at 11:01:02 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
2024-09-09 at 07:38:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-09 at 07:37:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-09 at 07:30:10 Firth, Richard Artifact 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 Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:43:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:35:54 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2003-08-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 3/2.01.01.11, Ex. 153 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227148.
RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 153 artifact entry (No. P227148). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227148 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 153 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227148 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 153 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227148},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227148},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 3/2.01.01.11, Ex. 153 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227148.
RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 153 artifact entry (No. P227148). (2024, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227148 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 153 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227148 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 153 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227148},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227148},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P227148
LB  - CDLI:P227148
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - RIME 3/2.01.01.11, ex. 153 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227148
ER  -
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