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RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 04 (P416149)

Official or display brick excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

MMA 59.41.84

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

285.0 mm × 170.0 mm × 70.0 mm

Witness

Collections

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Brick
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 285.0 high × 170.0 wide × 70.0 thick
Weight:
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: RIME 4, 01.07.01, ex. 04

[Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.
history: CTMMA 1, p.159-164, 118

[Sigrist1988brick] Sigrist, Marcel. 1988. “Brick Inscriptions (Nos. 116-120).” In Tablets, Cones, and Bricks of the Third and Second Millennia B.C., edited by Ira Spar, 159–64. Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 1. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: MMA 59.41.84
Accession No.: not in metonline ?

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 6N-T1139
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
Nippur, ZB 4 (from a courtyard of the ziqqurrat, room 4)

Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Bur-Sin1.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2011-02-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P416149) (P416149)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RIME 4.01.07.01 composite (P448309)	View the score

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 4.01.07.01, Ex. 04 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P416149.

RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 04 artifact entry (No. P416149). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P416149 (Original work published 2011)

RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 04 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P416149 (Accessed: March 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P416149},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P416149},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 4.01.07.01, Ex. 04 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P416149.

RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 04 artifact entry (No. P416149). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P416149 (Original work published 2011)

RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 04 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P416149 (Accessed: March 21, 2026).

@misc{2023RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 04 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P416149},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P416149},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P416149
LB  - CDLI:P416149
M1  - 2026/3/21/
TI  - RIME 4.01.07.01, ex. 04 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P416149
ER  -