RIME 4.01.06.01, ex. 27 (P264457)

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 09021

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; Urninurta 1; dups:CBS8651,8652,UM84-26-39,40,41,45*on the SE.side of Ziggurat; 13 sections (not yet checked); cf.Walker, CBI #34)

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Witness

object brick
surface a
1. {d}ur-{d}nin-urta
2. sipa nig2-nam il2
3. nibru{ki}
4. na#-gada
5. uri5#{ki}-ma
6. iszib szu sikil
7. eridu{ki}-ga
8. en sze-ga
9. unu{ki}-ga
10. lugal i3-si-in{ki}-na
11. lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri
12. dam igi il2-la
13. {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
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  • Genre(s): Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Urninurta 1; dups:CBS8651,8652,UM84-26-39,40,41,45*on the SE.side of Ziggurat; 13 sections (not yet checked); cf.Walker, CBI #34)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: RIME 4, 01.06.01, ex. 27

    [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), 234, no.25C

    [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, 018

    [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 09021
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2013-12-16 at 14:36:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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 4.01.06.01 composite (P448308) View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.01.06.01, Ex. 27 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P264457.
RIME 4.01.06.01, ex. 27 artifact entry (No. P264457). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264457 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.01.06.01, ex. 27 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264457 (Accessed: August 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 4.01.06.01, ex. 27 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264457},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264457},
}


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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.01.06.01, Ex. 27 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P264457.
RIME 4.01.06.01, ex. 27 artifact entry (No. P264457). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P264457 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.01.06.01, ex. 27 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P264457 (Accessed: August 14, 2025).
@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 4.01.06.01, ex. 27 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P264457},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P264457},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P264457
LB  - CDLI:P264457
M1  - 2025/8/14/
TI  - RIME 4.01.06.01, ex. 27 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P264457
ER  -
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