RIME 4.04.01.15, ex. 01 (P238700)

Official or display tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 —

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Old Babylonian (hist) (not from Kouyunjik ? : from South Iraq))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
1. [{d}...]
2. [...] x [...]
3. lugal#-a-ni-[ir]
4. {d}suen-ga-szi-id#
5. sipa nig2-nam-szar2-ra unu{ki#}-[ga]
6. engar-mah guru7 dub-dub#-[bu]
7. dingir-dingir-re-[ne]
8. u2-a e2-an-[na]
9. szagina BAD3{ki#}-[ma]
10. lugal unu{ki}-ga#
11. lugal# am-na-nu-[um]
12. e2#-[x]
reverse
1. [...] x x x am du7# [...]
2. [...]-e-ne am-gin7 du7-ru#
3. [hu]-mu#-na-du3
4. [u4-ba bala] nam-lugal-la-ga2
5. [3(asz)] sze# gur-ta
6. [1(u) 2(disz)] ma-na siki-ta
7. [1(u)] ma-na uruda-ta
8. 3(ban2)#? i3-gesz-ta
9. ganba# ma#-da-ga2-ka
10. [ku3-babbar] 1(disz)# gin2-e
11. [he2-eb2]-da#-sa10
12. [mu-mu mu]-he2#-gal2-la he2-a#

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RIME 4, 04.01.15, ex. 01

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: AfO 23 (pp. 88-89), 088-089

    [Walker1970Sin-kašid] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1970. “A New Inscription of Sin-Kašid.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 23: 88–89.

  • history: OLZ 1 (1898) (pp. 69-78), 71

    [Winckler1898OLZ1] Winckler, Hugo. 1989. “Besprechungen. C. Bezold, Catalogue Etc., Bespr. v. Hugo Winckler (Fortsetzung Aus No. 2).” Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 1 (1898): 69–78.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 07855

  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:

    not Nineveh

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-06 at 09:31:04 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-02 at 10:49:28 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 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
2013-05-25 at 13:01:10 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2012-12-30 at 18:33:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RIME 4.04.01.15 composite (P448532) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 4.04.01.15, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238700.
RIME 4.04.01.15, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P238700). (2024, October 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238700 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 4.04.01.15, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238700 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 6},
	title = {RIME 4.04.01.15, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238700},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238700},
}

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