RIME 4.02.08.05, ex. 05 (P270036)

Official or display brick excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16545

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; kiskanu-tree; Nuradad 1; dups:CBS16472; cf.Walker, CBI #36)

Language(s)

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Witness

object brick
surface a
  (abraded)
1. nu-ur2-{d}iszkur
2. nita kal-ga
3. engar zi uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal larsa{ki}-ma
5. me esz3 e2-babbar-ra
6. ku3-ku3-ge
7. eridu{ki} u4 ul-li2-a-ta
8. szu mu-un-hul-a-ba
9. bala nig2-si-sa2-mu-usz
10. du3-de3 al bi2-du11
11. {d}en-ki-ke4
12. ki-tusz ku3 ki-ag2-ga2-ni
13. mu-na-du3
14. gesz-hur ul-li2-a-ka-ni
15. ki-be2 mu-na-gi4

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Brick
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; kiskanu-tree; Nuradad 1; dups:CBS16472; cf.Walker, CBI #36)
  • Language(s):


  • primary: RIME 4, 02.08.05, ex. 05

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: JCS 37 (pp. 229-248), 235, no.27B

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 16545
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U —
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-07 at 17:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-01 at 18:45:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-01-01 at 12:27:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-12-16 at 16:05:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RIME 4.02.08.05 composite (P448362) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 4.02.08.05, Ex. 05 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P270036.
RIME 4.02.08.05, ex. 05 artifact entry (No. P270036). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270036 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.02.08.05, ex. 05 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270036 (Accessed: July 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 4.02.08.05, ex. 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270036},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270036},
}

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