RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 (P222241)

Literary cylinder excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A01116

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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cylinder
column 1
1'. [...] ab-ke4
2'. si?# MI?# KA [...] EN-ni
3'. unken# nam-mi-du11
4'. [a]-gi6 uru16 [...] musz#
5'. [...] musz# x [...]
6'. [...]
7'. [...]
8'. [...]
column 2
4'. tu#-[...] unken x
5'. an-nun 1(gesz2@c) 4(asz@c)
6'. [...]
7'. an-na ama6-[...]-na-ke4 [...] mu-[...]
column 1'
1. izi im-da-tag
2. e2-mu ab-zu#-a IM
3. [...]-x-DU [...]-x-sze3
  rest of column missing
column 2'
1. a-[gi6 ...] ki x [...]
2. a-ba [ib2]-ta-du11
3. a-gi6# uru16# musz sze21-asz-sze3
4. [a]-ba# ib2-ta#-du11
5. [a]-gi6 sag3-sag3 [...] ki-x
  rest of column missing
column 3'
1. a#-gi6 uru16 NI x-an-da
2. i3-lu iri ga-e
3. a-gi6 uru16 musz x-an-da
4. i3-lu iri ga-e nin gi7
5. ab-sza3-sze3 lu2 eren? nam2-mi-gi4
6. {d}nin-mes bi2#-lu-lu
7. [...]-sze3 lu2 [...]
  rest of column mssing
column 4'
1. i3-lu ab-ke4 gesz nam2-ma-an-tuku
2. ab-sze3 ma2-gur8-ni nam-ma
3. ta# si-si HU AN GISZ PI
4. LA# BUR# nam2-mi-DU HA-x
5. gesz-tal2-la nam2-mi-DU?#
  rest of column missing
column 5'
1. x [...] banda3{da#} [...]
2. i3-ri-du8-[...] nam-mi-x
3. an u3-mu-na-szum2-mu
4. dumu mu-na ki u3-mu-
5. na#-szum2#-mu
6. ab szar2 szu x gi4
7. [...] x mes [...] mu#
8. [...]-TE [...]-SUM
  rest of column missing
column 6'
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...] HA# [...] 1(asz@c)
4. [... ab]-ba-szi [... he2]-da-gal2
5. [{d}]nansze ab-[ba]-szi he2-da-gal2
6. nin gi7 ab-ba EZENxX nam2-ma-
7. ni-ra {d}nansze ab-ba EZEN#
8. nam#-[...]
  rest of column missing
column 7'
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. a [...] x [...]
4. ku6# [...] x [...]
5. ama# [...] na [...]
6. ambar [...] szu# [...]
  rest of column missing
column 1''
1'. [...] sza3 [...] ki ag2#
2'. [...] AN [...] NAM
3'. ab-ba [...]
4'. {d}nansze x SZITA2 [...]
5'. {d}nansze# ab-[ba]
6'. [...]
7'. za3-[me]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Cylinder
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RIME 1, 15.add087.01, ex. 01

    [Frayne2008RIME1] Frayne, Douglas R. 2008. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 1. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: OIP 14, 53

    [Luckenbill1930OIP14] Luckenbill, Daniel D. 1930. Inscriptions from Adab. Oriental Institute Publications, Volume 14. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press.

  • history: CUSAS 26, 72

    [Westenholz2014CUSAS26] Westenholz, Aage. 2014. A Third-Millennium Miscellany of Cuneiform Texts. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 26. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • history: OIP 138, p. 136

    [Wilson2012OIP138] Wilson, Karen L., and Jacob Lauinger. 2012. Bismaya: Recovering the Lost City of Adab. Oriental Institute Publications 138. https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/oip138.pdf.

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  • Museum No.: OIM A01116
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  • Provenience: Adab (mod. Bismaya)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-24 at 22:10:16 Özdemir, Barış Artifact Özdemir, Barış Lafont, Bertrand approved View
2024-12-24 at 21:40:15 Özdemir, Barış Atf Özdemir, Barış electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 1.15.Add087.01, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 2, 2025. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P222241.
RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P222241). (2025, January 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P222241 (Original work published 2003)
RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P222241 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 2},
	title = {RIME 1.15.add087.01, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P222241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P222241},
}


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