RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 07 (P227151)

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

UM 35-01-395

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 Royal Inscription; building of Etemenniguru for Nanna; Urnammu 10; dups.:CBS16458,16528a,b,UM35-1-394,396; cf. Walker, CBI, no. 19; 150x230x75mm)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

object brick
surface a
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 Royal Inscription; building of Etemenniguru for Nanna; Urnammu 10; dups.:CBS16458,16528a,b,UM35-1-394,396; cf. Walker, CBI, no. 19; 150x230x75mm)
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/P227151

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 35-01-395
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 68408
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.35-1-395
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P227151

References

  • primary: RIME 3/2, .01.01.12, ex. 07

    [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, no.12E

    [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.

  • history: UET 1, p. xxiv

    [Gadd1928UET1] Gadd, Cyril John, and Léon Legrain. 1928. Royal Inscriptions. Ur Excavations. Texts 1. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

  • history: HUCA 33, p.1-43, p. 25

    [Hallo1962royal-inscriptions] Hallo, William W. 1962. “The Royal Inscriptions of Ur: A Typology.” Hebrew Union College Annual 33: 1–43.

  • history: StOr 58, p.6

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

  • history: FAOS 9/2, p.105

    [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
2024-10-07 at 17:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2024-07-22 at 13:12:00 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-10 at 10:07:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-10 at 10:06:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-10 at 10:01:00 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
2013-12-18 at 08:40:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-09-21 at 10:09:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:43:28 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. 07 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227151.
RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 07 artifact entry (No. P227151). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227151 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227151 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227151},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227151},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 3/2.01.01.12, Ex. 07 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227151.
RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 07 artifact entry (No. P227151). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227151 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227151 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227151},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227151},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P227151
LB  - CDLI:P227151
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - RIME 3/2.01.01.12, ex. 07 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P227151
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