JCS 37, 237, 41 (P269990)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16481

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 Eganunmah for Nanna; Kurigalzu 31; many copies; cf.UET 1 163; Jaritz, MIO 6 #42; cf.Walker, CBI #64)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness Annotation unreviewed

Text

object brick
obverse
1. {d}nanna
 en: (for) Nanna
2. lugal-a-ni-ir
 en: his king
3. ku-ri-gal-zu
 en: Kurigalzu
4. szagina
 en: general
5. {d}en-lil2-la2
 en: of Enlil
6. lugal kal-ga
 en: powerful king
7. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
 en: king of the four quarters
8. e2-ga2-nun-mah
 en: the Eganunmah
9. e2 libir-ra
 en: the ancient temple
10. nig2 u4-ul-li2-a-ta
 en: that from olden times
11. al-szub-bu-da
 en: had fallen into disrepair
12. mu-na-du3
 en: he built it;
13. ki-bi-sze3
 en: to its place
14. bi2-in-gi4
 en: he returned it

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Restoration of Eganunmah for Nanna; Kurigalzu 31; many copies; cf.UET 1 163; Jaritz, MIO 6 #42; cf.Walker, CBI #64)
Language(s) Sumerian

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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P269990

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 03286
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 16481
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 446937
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.16481
Corpus of Kassite Sumerian Texts (CKST) P269990
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P269990
Ur Online Project (UrOnline) 2766

References

  • primary: JCS 37 (pp. 229-248), 237, 41

    [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: MSKH 1, p.217

    [Brinkman1976MSKH1] Brinkman, John A. 1976. A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty. Materials and Studies for Kassite History 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago.

  • history: Sumer 10 (pp. 43-54), p.47,#22B9b

    [El-Wailly1954Sumer10] El-Wailly, undefined. 1954. “Synopsis of Royal Sources of the Kassite Period.” Sumer 10: 43–54.

  • history: UET 1, 0163

    [Gadd1928UET1] Gadd, Cyril J., and Léon Legrain. 1928. Royal Inscriptions. Ur Excavations. Texts 1. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

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
2024-07-10 at 09:49:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-09 at 15:46:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-09 at 15:45:05 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
2023-06-28 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 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-03-17 at 12:00:36 Chóliz, Guillermo Transliteration Chóliz, Guillermo Lafont, Bertrand 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, 237, 41 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269990.
JCS 37, 237, 41 artifact entry (No. P269990). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269990 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 37, 237, 41 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269990 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269990},
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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 37, 237, 41 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269990.
JCS 37, 237, 41 artifact entry (No. P269990). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269990 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 37, 237, 41 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269990 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269990},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269990},
}


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