RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 07 (P269979)

Official or display brick excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16494

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; building of Egigpar, the house of piestess; Nabonidos 15; dups:CBS16560a,b; cf.Walker, CBI #113)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

object brick
surface a
1. {d#}na3#-na-'i-id# _lugal#_ babila2#{ki#}
2. za#-nin# e2-sag#-il2# u3# e2#-zi#-da
3. e2#-ge6#-par3 _e2# nin#-dingir#-ra_
4. sza qe2#-re#-eb# uri2#{ki}
5. a-na {d#}suen# [x]-ia# e#-pu2-usz

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; building of Egigpar, the house of piestess; Nabonidos 15; dups:CBS16560a,b; cf.Walker, CBI #113)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39 composite (P519066) Q005436 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P269979

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 02863
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 16494
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 301043
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.16494
Sources for Inscriptions of the Rulers of Babylonia (RIBo Sources) P269979
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P269979
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 41494

References

  • primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 07

    [Novotny2020RINBE2] Weiershäuser, Frauke, and Jamie Novotny. 2020. The Royal Inscriptions of Amēl-Marduk (561-560 BC), Neriglissar (559-556 BC), and Nabonidus (555-539 BC), Kings of Babylon. Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, vol. 2. Eisenbrauns.

  • history: JCS 37 (pp. 229-248), 243, 73A

    [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: CBI, 111 ?

    [Walker1981Bricks] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1981. Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the City of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.

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
2024-08-02 at 10:52:51 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-11 at 13:25:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-03 at 10:40:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-03 at 10:33:53 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
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune 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
2020-03-27 at 16:08:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, Ex. 07 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269979.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 07 artifact entry (No. P269979). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269979 (Original work published 2005)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269979 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 39, ex. 07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269979},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269979},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, Ex. 07 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269979.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 07 artifact entry (No. P269979). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269979 (Original work published 2005)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269979 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 39, ex. 07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269979},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269979},
}


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