RIME 4.02.13.22, ex. 11 (P272909)

Official or display tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Museum Number

WAM 48.2481

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

56.0 mm × 76.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. {d}nin#-isin2{si}-na
2. nin-gal ama kalam-ma
3. zi-gal2 kalam# dim2-dim2-me
4. dumu-sag an ku3-ga
5. nin-a-ni-ir
6. ir3 {d}suen
7. nita kal-ga
8. u2-a uri5{ki}-ma
9. lugal larsa-ma
10. lugal ki-en-gi ki-uri
11. sipa nig2-zi gesz-hur szu-du7-me-en
12. e2-u2-nam-ti-la
13. unu7 ku3-ga
14. ki ni2-dub2-bu-da-ni
15. e2-a-ni nig2 u4-ul-li2-a-ta
16. ba-du3-a-ba ba-sun
17. nam-ti-mu-sze3
18. u3 nam-ti
19. ku-du-ur-ma#-bu-uk
20. a-a ugu-ga2-ke4
reverse
column 1
1. hu-mu-na-du3
2. ki-be2 he2-em-mi-gi4
3. ki-tusz sza3-du10-ga-na
4. gal-le-esz he2-em-mi-tusz
5. mu nam-lugal-la-ga2
6. du-ri2-esz2 he2-em-mi-gal2
7. egir u4-da-asz
8. ar2-mu ak-ke3-de3
9. temen ar2 nam-nun-na-ga2
10. uru4-be2 ki he2-bi2-gub
11. e2-gar8 sikil-bi he2-bi2-si
12. nig2-aka-mu-sze3
13. {d}nin-isin2{si}-na
14. nin-mu hu-mu-hul2-le-en
15. nam-tar nam-ti-la
16. bala-su3-ud mu he2-gal2-la
17. {gesz}gu-za suhusz gi-ne2
18. sa12-e-esz ha-ma-ab-rig7-ge
19. esz3 larsa{ki}-ma-ka
20. iri ba-dim2-me-na-ga2
21. u4-mu he2-su3-su3-ud

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness)
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 4.02.13.22 composite (P448413) Q002126 View the score

Record

This was once WAM 41.224

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P272909

Physical information

foundation tablet

Artifact type Tablet
foundation tablet
Dimensions 56.0 mm × 76.0 mm × 22.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Stone
Preservation
plano-convex tablet made of Egyptian blue; cuneiform inscription on two faces wh/names Warad Sin of Larsa

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Museum Number WAM 48.2481
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P272909

References

  • primary: RIME 4, 02.13.22, ex. 11

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

  • history: RISA, p. 230 no. 5

    [Barton1929RISA] Barton, George A. 1929. The Royal Inscriptions of Sumer and Akkad. Vol. 1. Library of Ancient Semitic Inscriptions. New Haven : Pub. for the American Oriental Society by the Yale University Press.

  • history: BiOr 18 (pp. 4-14), p. 9

    [Hallo1961BiOr18] “Royal Inscriptions of the Early Old Babylonian Period a Bibiliography.” 1961. Bibliotheca Orientalis 18: 4–14.

  • history: JSOR 12 (pp. 35-42, 146-150), 150:37

    [Mercer1928JSOR12] Mercer, Samuel A. 1928. “Some Babylonian Contracts/ Some Babylonian Temple Records.” Journal of the Society of Oriental Research 12: 35–42, 146–50.

    (obverse only)

  • history: LRR pp. 12-13 no. vii and pls. ix-x (copy, edition)

    [Price1904LRR] Price, Ira M. 1904. Some Literary Remains of Rim-Sin (Arioch), King of Larsa, about 2285 B.C. (= Decennial Publications Vol. 5 Pp. 167-91). Chicago.

  • history: Shileiko, Voldemar K., VN (1915), pl. ii 1, iii 1

    [Shileiko1915VN] Shileiko, Voldemar K. 1915. Votivnie Nadpisi Sumerijskich Pravitelej. Petrograd.

  • history: SAKI, 214, d

    [Thureau-Dangin1907SAKI ] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1907. Die Sumerischen Und Akkadischen Königsinschriften. Vol. 1. Vorderasiatische Bibliothek .

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-07 at 13:20:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-07 at 13:16:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-07 at 13:03:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-02 at 09:43:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-25 at 16:31:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-25 at 16:30:27 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-14 at 09:55:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-08 at 16:38:38 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-24 at 10:42:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-24 at 10:37:02 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2021-02-24 at 10:53:08 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-07-29 at 08:11:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-05-22 at 11:42:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-05-22 at 11:31:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:38:45 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Frayne, Douglas R. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.02.13.22, Ex. 11 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P272909.
RIME 4.02.13.22, ex. 11 artifact entry (No. P272909). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P272909 (Original work published 1970)
RIME 4.02.13.22, ex. 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P272909 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 4.02.13.22, ex. 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P272909},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P272909},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.02.13.22, Ex. 11 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P272909.
RIME 4.02.13.22, ex. 11 artifact entry (No. P272909). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P272909 (Original work published 1970)
RIME 4.02.13.22, ex. 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P272909 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RIME 4.02.13.22, ex. 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P272909},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P272909},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P272909
LB  - CDLI:P272909
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TI  - RIME 4.02.13.22, ex. 11 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P272909
ER  -
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