BM 137409 (P472296)

Official or display brick excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 137409

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

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

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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P472296

Physical information

Artifact type Brick
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U —
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 137409
Accession Number 1979-12-18, 0044

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Corpus of Kassite Sumerian Texts (CKST) X000515

References

  • citation: CBI, 067

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-02 at 10:52:51 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-11 at 13:25:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-03 at 10:40:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-03 at 10:33:53 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-19 at 23:50:08 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Melin-Kronsell, Nils; Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2014-12-12 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 137409 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472296.
BM 137409 artifact entry (No. P472296). (2024, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472296 (Original work published 2014)
BM 137409 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472296 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {BM 137409 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P472296},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P472296},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P472296
LB  - CDLI:P472296
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - BM 137409 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P472296
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 137409 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P472296.
BM 137409 artifact entry (No. P472296). (2024, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472296 (Original work published 2014)
BM 137409 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472296 (Accessed: October 6, 2026).
@misc{2024BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {BM 137409 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P472296},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P472296},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P472296
LB  - CDLI:P472296
M1  - 2026/10/6/
TI  - BM 137409 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P472296
ER  -
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