RIME 4.02.13.09, ex. 29 (P257415)

Official or display brick excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 33-35-179

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal inscription; Waradsin 3; dups:CBS15349,16476,16550; cf. Walker, Brick Inscriptions no. 45; 330x330x75mm)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Royal inscription; Waradsin 3; dups:CBS15349,16476,16550; cf. Walker, Brick Inscriptions no. 45; 330x330x75mm)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
RIME 4.02.13.09 composite (P448396) Q002113 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P257415

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 13108
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 33-35-179
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: RIME 4, 02.13.09, ex. 29

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

  • history: JCS 37 (pp. 229-248), 236 34d

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-07 at 17:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-01 at 18:45:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 4.02.13.09, Ex. 29 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P257415.
RIME 4.02.13.09, ex. 29 artifact entry (No. P257415). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257415 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.02.13.09, ex. 29 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257415 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	title = {RIME 4.02.13.09, ex. 29 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257415},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257415},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 4.02.13.09, Ex. 29 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P257415.
RIME 4.02.13.09, ex. 29 artifact entry (No. P257415). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257415 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.02.13.09, ex. 29 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257415 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 4.02.13.09, ex. 29 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257415},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257415},
}

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PY  - 2024
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