RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 01 (P447977)

Official or display barrel excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1962-0352

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)

Artifact Type

Barrel

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Witness

object barrel
surface a
1. {d}en-lil# [...]
2. dingir-e-ne#-[er]
3. ib2-gu#-[la ...]
4. sipa nam [tar-re]
5. {d}za-ba4-ba4 {d#}inanna#
6. [nun]-gal#-e-ne-er
7. gu3#-mur in-ak-esz-a-asz
8. [igi ku3]-ga#-na nam-mu-un#-ne-szi-du8
9. [iri] kisz#{ki}
10. [ki-szu]-pesz# sag-ga2
11. [ki-tusz] mah#-a-ne-ne
12. [bad3]-bi# du3-u3-de3
13. [sag]-bi# diri nig2 u4-bi-da#-ka il2-i-da
14. [sza3-ga]-ni zi-de3-esz nam#-mu-un-tum2
15. [{d}en]-lil2 en gal
16. [du11-ga]-ni# szu nu bala-e-dam#
17. [nam] ib2#-tar-re-da#
18. [nu-kur2]-ru#-[da]
  n lines broken
19'. x-x-x [...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] szilig#-[...]
2'. inim _a-a-bi_ {d#}[en-lil2]
3'. in-ne-szi-in-du11#-[ga-asz]
4'. sza3-bi hi-li su13 in-hul2#
5'. sa-am-su-i-lu-[na]
6'. lugal kal-ga sipa ur#-[sag]
7'. szu du11-ga-ne-ne-er#
8'. sag-ki nam-ti-la#-bi#
9'. zalag-ge-esz nam-mu-un-szi-in#-zi-ge-esz
10'. inim ul mu-un-da-ab#-bala-bala-e-ne#
11'. sa-am-su-i-lu-na#
12'. numun da-ri2 dingir-e-ne#-[ke4]
13'. he2-du7 nam-lugal-[la]
14'. {d#}en#-lil2-le#
15'. [...]-zu# mi-ni-[ib2-gal]
16'. [...]-ma#-ta# [...]
  rest broken

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: Barrel
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RIME 4, 03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 01

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: RA 63, p.29-43, p. 30

    [Sollberger1969bilingual] Sollberger, Edmond. 1969. “Samsu-Iluna’s Bilingual Inscriptions C and D.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 63: 29–43.

  • citation: Fs Finkelstein (pp. 93-100), 096

    [Gurney1977FsFinkelstein] Gurney, Oliver R. 1977. “Inscribed Cylinders and Cylinder Fragments in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford.” In Essays on the Ancient Near East in Memory of Jacob Joel Finkelstein, edited by Maria DeJong Ellis, 19:93–100. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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  • Museum No.: Ashm 1962-0352
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  • Provenience: Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-03 at 16:53:56 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2014-12-12 at 16:24:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-11-18 at 19:01:34 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-01-01 at 12:27:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-05-11 at 15:16:51 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2012-12-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian composite (P519213) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2012) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P447977.
RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P447977). (2024, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P447977 (Original work published 2012)
RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P447977 (Accessed: March 10, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 3},
	title = {RIME 4.03.07.07Sumerian, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P447977},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P447977},
}


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