RINBE 2, Nabonidus 38, ex. 21 (P257438)

Official or display brick excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 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

UM 84-26-044

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal inscription; Nabonidos 13; dups:CBS15328,16561a,b,UM84-26-20; cf Walker Brick Inscriptions no. 111; 295x295x65mm)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Witness

object brick
surface a
1. {d#}na3#-i# _lugal#_ babiklax(E)#{ki#}
2. za#-nin# uri2#{ki#}
3. e2#-lugal#-malga#-si#-sa2#
4. ziq#-qur#-rat# e2#-gesz#-nu#-gal2#
5. ud#-disz#-ma# ana# _ki#_-szu2# _gur#_

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Consult sign list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

  • Artifact type: Brick
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Official or display (witness Royal inscription; Nabonidos 13; dups:CBS15328,16561a,b,UM84-26-20; cf Walker Brick Inscriptions no. 111; 295x295x65mm)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 38, ex. 21

    [Novotny2020RINBE2] Weiershäuser, Frauke, and Jamie Novotny. 2020. The Royal Inscriptions of Amēl-Marduk (561-560 BC), Neriglissar (559-556 BC), and Nabonidus (555-539 BC), Kings of Babylon. Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, vol. 2. Eisenbrauns.

  • history: JCS 37 (pp. 229-248), 242, 71E

    [Behrens1985JCS37] Behrens, Hermann. 1985. “Die Backsteine Mit Keilinschriften Im University Museum.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 37 (2): 229–48. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1359869.

  • history: AOAT 256, 1.07, ex. add11

    [Schaudig2001AOAT256] Schaudig, Hanspeter. 2001. Die Inschriften Nabonids von Babylon Und Kyros’ Des Grossen Samt Den in Ihrem Umfeld Entstandenen Tendenzschriften : Textausgabe Und Grammatik. Vol. 256. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-07 at 17:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-26 at 10:23:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-01 at 18:45:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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 18:47:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-04-08 at 16:43:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2020-03-27 at 16:08:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 38 composite (P519064) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 38, Ex. 21 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257438.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 38, ex. 21 artifact entry (No. P257438). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257438 (Original work published 2005)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 38, ex. 21 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257438 (Accessed: October 10, 2024).
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	month = {oct 7},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 38, ex. 21 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257438},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P257438},
}


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