BE 01/1, 034 (P263555)

Official or display knob excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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 08730a

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Knob

Material(s)

Bone > Ivory

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Votive inscription of RN to Enlil; 5 lines;*p.22,no.16; *Jaritz says from a chamger on the edge of the canal outside of the great SE.wall of Temple of Be^l")

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

62.0 mm × 35.0 mm

Witness

object knob
surface a
1. {d}en-lil2 lugal-a-ni-ir
 en: To Enlil, his lord,
2. bur-na-bu-ri-ia-asz
 en: did Burnaburiaš,
3. lugal babila2{ki}
 en: king of Babylon,
4. nam-ti-la-a-ni-sze3
 en: for the sake of his life
5. in-na-an-ba
 en: donate (this).
  P263555: ivory knob

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Consult sign list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Consult word list of Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

  • Artifact type: Knob Artifact type comments:

    knob

  • Material: Bone > Ivory
  • Measurements (mm): 62.0 high × 35.0 wide
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  • Artifact comments:

    knob

  • Genre(s): Official or display (witness Votive inscription of RN to Enlil; 5 lines;*p.22,no.16; *Jaritz says from a chamger on the edge of the canal outside of the great SE.wall of Temple of Be^l")
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: BE 1/1, 034

    [Hilprecht1893BE1/1] Hilprecht, Hermann V. 1893. Old Babylonian Texts Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania: Series A Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1/1. Philadelphia.

  • history: RA 45, p.21-24, p. 22

    [Cocquerillat1951masses] Cocquerillat, Denise. 1951. “Notes Pour Servir à l’histoire Des Masses d’armes.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 45: 21–24.

  • history: Brinkman MSKH p.107,

    [sec49078] N.d.

  • history: Jaritz,MIO 6 79,

    [sec49079] N.d.

  • history: El-Wailly,Sumer 10 p.46,

    [sec49080] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 08730a
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-08-31 at 10:56:47 Englund, Robert K. atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2018-08-16 at 17:52:18 Foxvog, Daniel A. atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI 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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Lexical Pigs (Archaic Pigs) composite (P471690) View the score
CDLI Seals 014108 (composite) (P519341) View the score
CDLI Seals 014109 (composite) (P519342) View the score
CDLI Seals 014110 (composite) (P519343) View the score
CDLI Seals 014111 (composite) (P519344) View the score
CDLI Seals 014112 (composite) (P519345) View the score
RIME 1.09.04.add22 composite (P519346) View the score
RIME 1.15.add046.01 composite (P519305) View the score
RIME 1.15.add047.01 composite (P519306) View the score
RIME 3/2.07.add06.01 composite (P517198) View the score
RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn composite (P518905) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 01/1, 034 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P263555.
BE 01/1, 034 artifact entry (No. P263555). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P263555 (Original work published 2005)
BE 01/1, 034 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P263555 (Accessed: September 26, 2023).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2023-09-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {BE 01/1, 034 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P263555},
}


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