RIME 3/1.01.07.017, ex. 02 (P232470)

Official or display mace excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 022468

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Mace

Material(s)

Igneous rock > Diorite

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

984.0 mm × 539.0 mm

Witness

object macehead
surface a
1. {d}ig-alim
2. dumu ki-ag2
3. {d}nin-gir2-su-ka
4. lugal#-[a-ni]
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Mace Artifact type comments:

    mace head

  • Material: Igneous rock > Diorite
  • Measurements (mm): 984.0 high × 539.0 wide
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • Artifact comments:

    mace head


  • primary: RIME 3/1, 01.07.017, ex. 02

    [Edzard1997RIME3/1] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1997. Gudea and His Dynasty. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, vol. 3/1. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: CT 10, pl. 2 (copy)

    [King1900CT10] King, Leonard W. 1900. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 10.

  • history: CT 33, pl. 50, BM 22468

    [King1912CT33] King, Leonard W. 1912. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 33. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: FAOS 9/1, p. 272, Gudea 20 B [1991]

    [Steible1991FAOS9/1] Steible, Horst. 1991. Die Neusumerischen Bau- Und Weihinschriften. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien 9/1.

  • citation: HSAO 3, p. 52, K 41 [1991]

    [Braun-Holzinger1991HSAO3] Braun-Holzinger, Eva A. 1991. Mesopotamische Weihgaben Der Frühdynastischen Bis Altbabylonischen Zeit. Vol. 3. Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient.

  • citation: CBT 2, p. 232 [1996]

    [CBT21996] Sigrist, Marcel, Hugo H. Figulla, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1996. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. 2. British Museum Press.

  • citation: ZA 92 (pp. 258-295), p. 285

    [Reade2002ZA92] Reade, Julian E. 2002. “Early Monuments in Gulf Stone at the British Museum, with Observations on Some Gudea Statues and the Location of Agade.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 92 (2): 258–95.

  • citation: Fs Owen p.143-158, p. 152-156

    [Such-Gutiérrez2010Königsinschriften] Such-Gutiérrez, Marcos. 2010. “Die Königsinschriften Des III. Jahrtausends Im British Museum. Ein Erster Bericht Und Fünf Neue Texte.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 143–58. Bethesda: CDL Press.

  • citation: CM 17, p. 326, MH.2 [2000]

    [Suter2000CM17] Suter, Claudia E. 2000. Gudea’s Temple Building : The Representation of an Early Mesopotamian Ruler in Text and Image. Vol. 17. Cuneiform Monographs.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 022468
  • Accession No.: 1896-06-15, 0007

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-25 at 16:35:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-18 at 09:36:44 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-09 at 09:42:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-02 at 16:51:38 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 13:19:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-10 at 10:11:42 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 14:18:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-25 at 14:04:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-25 at 13:58:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-25 at 13:54:56 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-25 at 13:53:52 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-18 at 10:09:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 22:28:20 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
2013-12-04 at 21:42:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-09-20 at 09:12:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-09-18 at 16:24:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:36:08 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2003-08-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RIME 3/1.01.07.017 composite (P431953) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 3/1.01.07.017, Ex. 02 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P232470.
RIME 3/1.01.07.017, ex. 02 artifact entry (No. P232470). (2024, September 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P232470 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/1.01.07.017, ex. 02 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P232470 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 25},
	title = {RIME 3/1.01.07.017, ex. 02 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P232470},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P232470},
}

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