RIME 3/2.01.03.15, ex. 38 (P227159)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 84-26-006

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; Amarsuen 5; building of Abzu for Enki; dups.CBS15329,15334,16465,16538; cf.Hallo, HUCA 33, p.35; Karki)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

330.0 mm × 180.0 mm × 75.0 mm

Witness

object brick
surface a
1. {d}amar-{d}suen
2. {d}en-lil2-le
3. nibru{ki}-a
4. mu pa3-da
5. sag-us2
6. e2 {d}en-lil2-ka
7. lugal kal-ga
8. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
9. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4
10. {d}en#-ki#
11. lugal ki#-ag2#-ga2#-ni#-ir#
12. abzu ki#-ag2#-ga2#-ni#
13. mu-na-du3
surface b
  (abraded)
1. {d}amar-{d}suen
2. {d}en-lil2-le
3. nibru{ki}-a
4. mu pa3-da
5. sag-us2
6. e2 {d}en-lil2-ka
7. lugal kal-ga
8. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
9. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4
10. [{d}]en#-ki#
11. lugal# ki#-ag2#-[ga2-ni-ir]
  rest broken

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Brick
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 330.0 high × 180.0 wide × 75.0 thick
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  • Genre(s): Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Amarsuen 5; building of Abzu for Enki; dups.CBS15329,15334,16465,16538; cf.Hallo, HUCA 33, p.35; Karki)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: RIME 3/2, .01.03.15, ex. 38

    [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), 233, no.18E

    [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: StOr 58, p.75f.

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

  • history: CBI, no. 26,

    [Walker1981Bricks] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1981. Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the City of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.

    also Steible, NBW 2, p.227

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  • Museum No.: UM 84-26-006
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) [uncertain]
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  • Excavation No: U —
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.00.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-07 at 17:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2024-08-02 at 10:52:51 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
2024-06-01 at 18:45:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:48 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-12-18 at 08:49:47 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 14:43:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:35:55 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 3/2.01.03.15 composite (P432270) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 3/2.01.03.15, Ex. 38 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227159.
RIME 3/2.01.03.15, ex. 38 artifact entry (No. P227159). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227159 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.03.15, ex. 38 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227159 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.03.15, ex. 38 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227159},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227159},
}


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