RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 02 (P447978)

Official or display barrel excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1929-0137

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)

Artifact Type

Barrel

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian composite (P519213) Q002224sum View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P447978

Physical information

Artifact type Barrel
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number Ashm 1929-0137
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P447978

References

  • primary: RIME 4, 03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 02

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

  • history: EK 3, pl. 12 left

    [Langdon1930EK3] Langdon, Stephen Herbert, and Louis C. Watelin. 1930. Excavations at Kish: The Herbert Weld (for the University of Oxford) and Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) Expedition to Mesopotamia Vol. III 1925-1927. Vol. 3. Excavations at Kish. Paris: P. Geuthner. http://digital.library.stonybrook.edu/cdm/ref/collection/amar/id/60507.

  • citation: Fs Finkelstein (pp. 93-100), 096 (note mis-numbering of exc. no.)

    [Gurney1977FsFinkelstein] Gurney, Oliver R. 1977. “Inscribed Cylinders and Cylinder Fragments in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford.” In Essays on the Ancient Near East in Memory of Jacob Joel Finkelstein, edited by Maria DeJong Ellis, 19:93–100. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 10:44:06 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-03 at 16:53:56 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2012-12-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, Ex. 02 Artifact Entry.” (2012) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P447978.
RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 02 artifact entry (No. P447978). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P447978 (Original work published 2012)
RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 02 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P447978 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 02 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P447978},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P447978},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, Ex. 02 Artifact Entry.” (2012) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P447978.
RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 02 artifact entry (No. P447978). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P447978 (Original work published 2012)
RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 02 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P447978 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2024RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 02 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P447978},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P447978},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P447978
LB  - CDLI:P447978
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 02 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P447978
ER  -
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