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RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 01 (P263440)

Official or display brick excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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

CBS 08642

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Bursin 1; 10 lines; *in a later structure on the SE.side of Ziggurat)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

300.0 mm × 180.0 mm × 60.0 mm

Witness

object brick
surface a
1. {d}bur-{d}suen
2. sipa sza3 nibru{ki} du10-du10
3. engar kal-ga
4. uri2{ki}-ma
5. gesz-hur eridu{ki}-ga ki-be2 gi4
6. en# me-a tum2-ma
7. unu#{ki}-ga
8. lugal i3-si-in{ki}-na
9. lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri
10. dam me-te ur2 ku3 {d}inanna

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: Brick
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 300.0 high × 180.0 wide × 60.0 thick
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • Genre(s): Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Bursin 1; 10 lines; *in a later structure on the SE.side of Ziggurat)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: RIME 4, 01.07.01, 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: JCS 37 (pp. 229-248), 235, no. 26

    [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: BE 1/1, 019

    [Hilprecht1893BE1/1] Hilprecht, Hermann V. 1893. Old Babylonian Texts Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania: Series A Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1/1. Philadelphia. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1005411.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 08642
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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    Nippur, found out of place in a later structure on the SE side of the ziqqurrat

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
2024-06-01 at 18:45:26 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 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-12-30 at 11:41:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-03-30 at 09:09:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-02-21 at 14:40:56 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RIME 4.01.07.01 composite (P448309) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 4.01.07.01, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P263440.
RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P263440). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P263440 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P263440 (Accessed: April 25, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P263440},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P263440},
}


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