RINBE 2, Nabonidus 41, ex. 01 (P518913)

Official or display cylinder excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 047814

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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object cylinder
surface a
column 1
1. {d}na3-na-'i-id _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} ru-bu-u2 na-a-du
2. et,-lu szu-us-su-mu bi-nu-ut {d}na3 _en_
3. sza _igi-gal2_-li _dingir-mesz_ {d}marduk u2-szar-bu-u2 zi-kir szu-mi
4. [u2-sza2]-ti#-ru szi-mat-su# be#-lu#-ut _kur_ i-qi2-pu-ma
5. [...] x x x x x x x x x
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6'. [...] x x [...]
7'. [x-x?]-ri ka-la mi-im#-ma# [...]
8'. [i]-na# bi-ri szu-u2 sa x _ku_ x [...]
9'. {d}er3-ra a-na sza2-ga-asz2 za-'i#-[i-ri]
10'. _hul_-te lu e-ek-du-ti _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-szu x x [...]
11'. {d}inanna be-let _me3_ mu-ka-an-ni-sza2-at _za ag_ s,u#? [...]
12'. x x _dingir_-ti-isz _id a ru ma u2 ra_ x x
13'. re-e2-u2#-um# ki-i-ni za-nin e2-sag-il2 u3 e2#-[zi-da]
14'. _ensi2_ za-ni-nu mu-t,ah-hi-id gi-mi-ir _e2-kur_
15'. i-x ba-bi-il _igi-sa2_-e a-na _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_
16'. asz2-ru ka-an-szu pa-li-ih _dingir-mesz_ u {d}inanna?
17'. sza u4-mi-sza2-am a-na zi-in-na-a-ti e x x na-a-du?
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Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

  • Artifact type: Cylinder
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 41, ex. 01

    [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: GMTR 4, 131 1,b, ex. 01

    [DaRiva2008GMTR4] Da Riva, Rocío. 2008. The Neo-Babylonian Royal Inscriptions: An Introduction. Vol. 4. Guides to the Mesopotamian Textual Record.

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  • Museum No.: BM 047814
  • Accession No.: 1881-11-03, 0521

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-24 at 15:40:11 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-24 at 15:38:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48 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
2020-03-27 at 16:08:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2020-01-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Foxvog, Daniel A.; Novotny, Jamie; Weiershäuser, Frauke CDLI approved View

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Composite Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 41 composite (P518912) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 41, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 24, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518913.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 41, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P518913). (2024, June 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518913 (Original work published 2020)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 41, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518913 (Accessed: February 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 24},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 41, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518913},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518913},
}


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