RIME 3/2.01.02.008, ex. 01 (P227504)

Official or display tablet dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026256

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Metamorphic rock > Steatite

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
1. {d}nin-szubur
2. unu{ki}-ga
3. nin-a-ni
4. szul-gi
5. nita kal-ga
6. [lugal] uri5#[{ki}-ma]
  rest broken

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:

    foundation tablet

  • Material: Metamorphic rock > Steatite
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  • Condition Description: it is described as a forgery on the BM web-site
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  • Artifact comments:

    foundation tablet

  • primary: RIME 3/2, .01.02.008, ex. 01

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM 026256
  • Accession No.: 1898-05-14, 0074

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2012-09-21 at 10:09:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:43:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:36:02 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2003-08-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RIME 3/2.01.02.008 composite (P432173) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 3/2.01.02.008, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P227504.
RIME 3/2.01.02.008, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P227504). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P227504 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 3/2.01.02.008, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P227504 (Accessed: April 30, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {RIME 3/2.01.02.008, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P227504},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P227504},
}


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