RIME 3/2.01.01.24, ex. 17 (P227165)

Official or display brick excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 84-26-037

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Urmannu 3; building of the temple of Enlil; dups.:CBS8638,8647,8648,UM84-26-35,38; cf.Hallo, HUCA 33, p.24; Karki)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

310.0 mm × 310.0 mm × 60.0 mm

Witness

object brick
surface a
1. ur-{d}namma
2. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
3. lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri
4. lu2 e2 {d}en-lil2-la2
5. in-du3-a

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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): 310.0 high × 310.0 wide × 60.0 thick
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  • Genre(s): Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Urmannu 3; building of the temple of Enlil; dups.:CBS8638,8647,8648,UM84-26-35,38; cf.Hallo, HUCA 33, p.24; Karki)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: RIME 3/2, .01.01.24, ex. 17

    [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.

  • primary: CBI, no.13

    [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.

  • history: JCS 37 (pp. 229-248), p. 231 no. 8F

    [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. 2

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

  • history: FAOS 9/2, p. 96 UM 84-26-037

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

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  • Museum No.: UM 84-26-037
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ur-Namma.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
2024-09-09 at 07:38:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-09 at 07:37:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-09 at 07:07:40 Firth, Richard Artifact 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
2013-12-18 at 09:14:07 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 3/2.01.01.24 composite (P432134) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 3/2.01.01.24, Ex. 17 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227165.
RIME 3/2.01.01.24, ex. 17 artifact entry (No. P227165). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227165 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.01.24, ex. 17 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227165 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
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	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.01.24, ex. 17 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227165},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227165},
}


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