JCS 37, 243, 74B (P269872)

Official or display brick excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 15348

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Cyrus B; dup:CBS15348; cf.Walker, CBI #166; number not given in the old catalog;)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Cyrus B; dup:CBS15348; cf.Walker, CBI #166; number not given in the old catalog;)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) needed View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P269872

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 15348
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 106677
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.15348

References

  • primary: JCS 37 (pp. 229-248), 243, 74B

    [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: MJ 16 (pp. 216-306), p.306

    [Woolley1925MJ16] Woolley, C. Leonard, and Léon Legrain. 1925. “The Builders’ Art at Ur.” Museum Journal, University of Pennsylvania 16 (4): 216–306.

    (photo)


Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-12-18 at 19:39:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-07 at 17:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-04 at 10:10:58 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
2024-06-01 at 18:36:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 37, 243, 74B Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P269872.
JCS 37, 243, 74B artifact entry (No. P269872). (2025, December 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269872 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 37, 243, 74B artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269872 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 37, 243, 74B Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P269872.
JCS 37, 243, 74B artifact entry (No. P269872). (2025, December 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269872 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 37, 243, 74B artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269872 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269872},
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