JCS 37, 237, 41 (P269990)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 16481

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 Royal Inscription; Restoration of Eganunmah for Nanna; Kurigalzu 31; many copies; cf.UET 1 163; Jaritz, MIO 6 #42; cf.Walker, CBI #64)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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object brick
obverse
1. {d}nanna
 en: (for) Nanna
2. lugal-a-ni-ir
 en: his king
3. ku-ri-gal-zu
 en: Kurigalzu
4. szagina
 en: general
5. {d}en-lil2-la2
 en: of Enlil
6. lugal kal-ga
 en: powerful king
7. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
 en: king of the four quarters
8. e2-ga2-nun-mah
 en: the Eganunmah
9. e2 libir-ra
 en: the ancient temple
10. nig2 u4-ul-li2-a-ta
 en: that from olden times
11. al-szub-bu-da
 en: had fallen into disrepair
12. mu-na-du3
 en: he built it;
13. ki-bi-sze3
 en: to its place
14. bi2-in-gi4
 en: he returned it

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Brick
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Restoration of Eganunmah for Nanna; Kurigalzu 31; many copies; cf.UET 1 163; Jaritz, MIO 6 #42; cf.Walker, CBI #64)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: JCS 37, 237, 41,

    [Behrens1985-91293] Behrens, Hermann. 1985.

  • history: MSKH 1, p.217

    [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: UET 1, 0163

    [Gadd1928UET1] Gadd, Cyril J., and Léon Legrain. 1928. Royal Inscriptions. Ur Excavations. Texts 1. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.

  • history: El-Wailly, Sumer 10, p.47,#22B9b,

    [sec51166] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 16481
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 03286
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-03-17 at 12:00:36 Chóliz, Guillermo Atf Chóliz, Guillermo Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“JCS 37, 237, 41 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 28, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P269990.
JCS 37, 237, 41 artifact entry (No. P269990). (2023, June 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P269990 (Original work published 2005)
JCS 37, 237, 41 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P269990 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P269990},
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