RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 08 (P269981)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16560a

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; Egigparku, Enindingirra; Nabonidos 15; dups:CBS16494,16560b; cf.Walker, CBI #113)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Egigparku, Enindingirra; Nabonidos 15; dups:CBS16494,16560b; 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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P269981

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 02883a
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 16560a
Accession Number

References

  • primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 08

    [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, 73B

    [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
2023-06-01 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
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

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, Ex. 08 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269981.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 08 artifact entry (No. P269981). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269981 (Original work published 2005)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269981 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269981},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269981},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, Ex. 08 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269981.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 08 artifact entry (No. P269981). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269981 (Original work published 2005)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 39, ex. 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269981 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 39, ex. 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269981},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269981},
}

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