RINBE 2, Nabonidus 24, ex. 05 (P518981)

Official or display cylinder excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 048234

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Witness

object cylinder
surface a
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x _ud_
2'. [...] x-a
3'. [...] x
4'. [...] x x
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [...] x x [...]
3'. [x x] bu#-ni#-ka nam-ru#-ti# [...]
4'. li#-pit qa2-ti-ia2 szu#-[...]
5'. [x]-t,i-ir _mu_-ia u _alan_ [...]
6'. _saga#-mesz_-u2-a lisz-sza-kin szap#-[...]
7'. _e2_ e-pu-szu lu-ub#-bi#-[...]
8'. _dingir e2_ u2-s,u-rat _e2#_ [...]
9'. sip-pu szi-ga-ri# [...]
10'. ki-ib-su li-is,#-[...]
11'. i-na mah-ri-ka# [...]
12'. ur-ra u3 mu#-[...]
13'. {d#}kit#-tum# [...]
  rest broken

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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: Cylinder
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 24, ex. 05

    [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,a

    [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 048234
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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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 24 composite (P518976) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 24, Ex. 05 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 24, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518981.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 24, ex. 05 artifact entry (No. P518981). (2024, June 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518981 (Original work published 2020)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 24, ex. 05 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518981 (Accessed: February 22, 2025).
@misc{2024RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 24},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 24, ex. 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518981},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518981},
}


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