MSKH 1, 11, pl. 06 (P373779)

Official or display brick excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

MMA 41.160.187

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Marble

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

object brick
surface a
1. mu-kux(DU)
 en: Delivery of
2. {d}ha-asz-mar-gal-ku
 en: Hashmar-galku,
3. {na4}sig4 e2-kur-ra
 en: (stone) brick of Ekura,
4. {d}en-lil2-le
 en: Enlil,
5. lugal-a-ni
 en: his king.

Text content

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

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/P373779

Physical information

brick

Artifact type Brick
brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Metamorphic rock > Marble
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar) [uncertain]
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA
Museum Number MMA 41.160.187
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Corpus of Kassite Sumerian Texts (CKST) P373779
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P373779

References

  • primary: MSKH 1, 1, 11, pl. 06

    [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: CTMMA 4, 151

    [Spar2014CTMMA4] Spar, Ira, and Michael Jursa. 2014. The Ebabbar Temple Archive and Other Texts from the Fourth to the First Millennium B.C. Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 4. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-15 at 10:50:25 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 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
2020-03-10 at 21:24:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2007-10-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MSKH 1, 11, Pl. 06 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P373779.
MSKH 1, 11, pl. 06 artifact entry (No. P373779). (2024, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P373779 (Original work published 2007)
MSKH 1, 11, pl. 06 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P373779 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {MSKH 1, 11, pl. 06 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P373779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P373779},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MSKH 1, 11, Pl. 06 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P373779.
MSKH 1, 11, pl. 06 artifact entry (No. P373779). (2024, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P373779 (Original work published 2007)
MSKH 1, 11, pl. 06 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P373779 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {MSKH 1, 11, pl. 06 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P373779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P373779},
}


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M1  - 2026/4/8/
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