RIME 4.01.05.01, ex. 07 (P270037)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16546

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; Lipiteshtar 1; dups:CBS16471,16535b; cf.Walker, CBI #33)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

object brick
surface a
1. {d}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar
2. sipa sun5-na
3. nibru{ki}
4. engar zi
5. uri5{ki}-ma
6. musz3 nu-tum2-mu
7. eridu{ki}-ga
8. en me-te
9. unu{ki}-ga
10. lugal i3-si-in{ki}-na
11. lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri
12. sza3-ge de6-a
13. {d}inanna
14. lugal nig2-si-sa2
15. ki-en-gi ki-uri-a
16. i-ni-in-gar-ra

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Lipiteshtar 1; dups:CBS16471,16535b; cf.Walker, CBI #33)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
RIME 4.01.05.01 composite (P448299) Q001959 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P270037

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number U 03191f
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 16546
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 34502
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.16546
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P270037

References

  • primary: RIME 4, 01.05.01, ex. 07

    [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), 234, 24C

    [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: UET 1, 0110

    [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
2024-06-01 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
2023-01-21 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
2015-10-25 at 13:20:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-12-16 at 16:14:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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

“RIME 4.01.05.01, Ex. 07 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P270037.
RIME 4.01.05.01, ex. 07 artifact entry (No. P270037). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270037 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.01.05.01, ex. 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270037 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 4.01.05.01, ex. 07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270037},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270037},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P270037
LB  - CDLI:P270037
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - RIME 4.01.05.01, ex. 07 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P270037
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 4.01.05.01, Ex. 07 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P270037.
RIME 4.01.05.01, ex. 07 artifact entry (No. P270037). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P270037 (Original work published 2005)
RIME 4.01.05.01, ex. 07 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P270037 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 4.01.05.01, ex. 07 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P270037},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P270037},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P270037
LB  - CDLI:P270037
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - RIME 4.01.05.01, ex. 07 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P270037
ER  -
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