RIME 3/1.01.07.041, ex. 009 (P233935)

Official or display socket 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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 090831 (was BM 012071)

Period

Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Socket

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

object door socket
surface a
1. {d}nin#-gir2#-[su]
2. ur-sag [kal-ga]
3. {d}en-[lil2-la2]
4. lugal-a-ni#
5. gu3-de2#-a#
6. ensi2
7. lagasz{ki}-ke4
8. nig2-du7-e pa mu-na-e3
9. e2-ninnu anzu2{muszen}-babbar2-ra-ni
10. mu-na-du3
11. ki-be2 mu-na-gi4

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Consult word list of Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Socket Artifact type comments:
door socket
Material: Stone
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Artifact comments:
door socket

Text Information

Genre(s): Official or display (witness)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: RIME 3/1, .01.07.041, ex. 009

[Edzard1997RIME3/1] Edzard, Dietz Otto. 1997. Gudea and His Dynasty. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, vol. 3/1. University of Toronto Press.
history: CT 21, pl. 39 BM 090831

[King1905CT21] King, Leonard W. 1905. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 21.
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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 090831 (was BM 012071)
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Lagash II (ca. 2200-2100 BC)
Dates Referenced: Gudea.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2012-09-20 at 11:44:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2012-09-18 at 16:24:21	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:36:50	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2003-09-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.90831) (BM.90831)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P233935) (P233935)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RIME 3/1.01.07.041 composite (P431976)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 3/1.01.07.041, Ex. 009 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P233935.

RIME 3/1.01.07.041, ex. 009 artifact entry (No. P233935). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P233935 (Original work published 2003)

RIME 3/1.01.07.041, ex. 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P233935 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {RIME 3/1.01.07.041, ex. 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P233935},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P233935},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 3/1.01.07.041, Ex. 009 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P233935.

RIME 3/1.01.07.041, ex. 009 artifact entry (No. P233935). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P233935 (Original work published 2003)

RIME 3/1.01.07.041, ex. 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P233935 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {RIME 3/1.01.07.041, ex. 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P233935},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P233935},
}

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PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - RIME 3/1.01.07.041, ex. 009 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P233935
ER  -