RIMB 1.nn (P269987)

Official or display brick excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16478

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Restoration of Ekishshirgal; brick from Ningal altar)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Restoration of Ekishshirgal; brick from Ningal altar)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P269987

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U 03146
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 16478
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 446736
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.16478
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 2607

References

  • primary: RIMB 1.nn

    [175974] Walker, Christopher B. F. n.d.

  • primary: RIMB 1.nn

    [Walker1981-208365] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1981.

  • history: CBI, 065 ?

    [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
2024-08-02 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
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 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, 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

“RIMB 1.Nn Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269987.
RIMB 1.nn artifact entry (No. P269987). (2024, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269987 (Original work published 2005)
RIMB 1.nn artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269987 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {RIMB 1.nn artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269987},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“RIMB 1.Nn Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269987.
RIMB 1.nn artifact entry (No. P269987). (2024, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269987 (Original work published 2005)
RIMB 1.nn artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269987 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {RIMB 1.nn artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269987},
}

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DA  - 2024/8/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P269987
LB  - CDLI:P269987
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - RIMB 1.nn artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P269987
ER  - 
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