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RIME 4.05.08.01, ex. 08 (P274602)

Official or display tablet excavated in Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1924-0628

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

265.0 mm × 250.0 mm × 65.0 mm

Witness

Text

object brick
surface a
1. ur-{d}nin-gesz#-zi#-[da]
2. na-ra-am
3. {d}tiszpak
4. _ensi2_
5. asz2-nun-na{ki}

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)

Collections

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 265.0 high × 250.0 wide × 65.0 thick
Weight:
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Condition Description:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Official or display (witness)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: RIME 4, 05.08.01, ex. 08

[Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.
history: MVN 10, 28

[Gregoire1981MVN10] Grégoire, Jean-Pierre. 1981. Inscriptions et Archives Administratives Cunéiformes (1e Partie). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 10. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
citation: CBI, 051

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ashm 1924-0628
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ešnunna (mod. Tell Asmar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ur-Ningeshzida.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-02 at 10:52:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-11 at 13:25:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-03 at 10:40:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-03 at 10:33:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2013-05-24 at 16:11:46	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2005-09-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Johnson, J. Cale; Niederreiter, Zoltán		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P274602) (P274602)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RIME 4.05.08.01 composite (P448554)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 4.05.08.01, Ex. 08 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P274602.

RIME 4.05.08.01, ex. 08 artifact entry (No. P274602). (2024, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274602 (Original work published 2005)

RIME 4.05.08.01, ex. 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274602 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {RIME 4.05.08.01, ex. 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274602},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274602},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P274602
LB  - CDLI:P274602
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - RIME 4.05.08.01, ex. 08 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P274602
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 4.05.08.01, Ex. 08 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P274602.

RIME 4.05.08.01, ex. 08 artifact entry (No. P274602). (2024, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274602 (Original work published 2005)

RIME 4.05.08.01, ex. 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274602 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {RIME 4.05.08.01, ex. 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274602},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274602},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P274602
LB  - CDLI:P274602
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - RIME 4.05.08.01, ex. 08 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P274602
ER  -