4R 35, 8 (P395698)

Official or display tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (year-name promulgation)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. mu# ri-im-{d}a-nu-um lugal-e
 en: The year in which King Rim-Anum,
2. ma#-da ia#-mu-ut-ba-a-lum{ki}
 en: the (forces of) the land of Emutbalum,
3. ugnim# esz3-nun-na{ki} i3-si-in
 en: the armies of Eshnunna, Isin
4. [ka]-zal#-lu e-ne-bi-da-gin7
 en: and Kazallu, as if all together (with him),
5. [unu{ki}]-sze3# me3-a in-szi-su8-re-esz-am3
 en: presented themselves at Uruk for war.
6. [unu?{ki?}] nig2-ul-ta sahar-ra la-ba-dub?-a-ba
 en: Uruk(?), since time immemorial, had never experienced (such) a dust storm (raised by a foreign army),
7. [...]-us2?-am3
 en: ...
8. [... nam-a2]-gal#-a-ni-ta gar3-dar-a-bi i3-ni-in-gar-ra
 en: ...(?) by his power he inflicted defeat upon them;
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Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Rawlinson, 4R 35, 8

    [Rawlinson1861-1884] Rawlinson, Henry C. 1861-1884. The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia.

  • history: Fs Van Lerberghe p.425-434, p. 433

    [Michalowski2012promulgation] Michalowski, Piotr, and Gary Beckman. 2012. “The Promulgation of the Name of the Third Year of Rim-Anum of Uruk.” In The Ancient Near East, a Life! Festschrift Karel Van Lerberghe, edited by Tom Boiy, 425–34. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 220. Leuven: Peeters.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 04709

  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-22 at 13:00:25 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-07 at 12:49:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-05 at 18:07:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-05 at 10:46:39 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-05 at 10:43:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-12-10 at 09:24:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-11-30 at 02:07:07 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“4R 35, 8 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 22, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P395698.
4R 35, 8 artifact entry (No. P395698). (2024, October 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P395698 (Original work published 2010)
4R 35, 8 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P395698 (Accessed: March 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 22},
	title = {4R 35, 8 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P395698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P395698},
}


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