RINBE 2, Nabonidus 30, ex. 01 (P519703)

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 076825

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

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Witness

object cylinder
surface a
column 1
  sic ?
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
  single ruling
2'. a#-na# {d#}utu# _en# gal en_-ia at-ta#?-['i-id-ma?]
3'. e2-babbar-ra _e2_-su sza qe2-reb [zimbir{ki}]
4'. e-li te-me-en-na na-ra-am-[{d}sin]
5'. _lugal_ ma-ah-ri e-esz-szi-isz e#-[pu-usz]
6'. _{gesz}erin-mesz_ dan-nu-tu a-na s,u#-[lu-li-szu2]
7'. u2-szat-ri-is, x [...]
column 2
  sic ?
1. _{gesz}gan-du7_ gesz-ka2-na#-ku# u3#? [_{gesz}ig-mesz?_]
2. _{gesz}erin_ s,i-ra-a-tim e-ma# [_e2-mesz?_-szu2?]
3. u3 _ka2-mesz_-szu u2-szar-szi-[id]
4. [{d}]utu# _en_ s,i-i-ri a-na# [_e2_ szu-a-ti]
5. [ha]-di#-isz i-na e-re#-[bi-ka]
6. [ep2-sze]-tu#-u2-a da-am#-[qa-a-ta?]
7. [ha-di-isz] na#-ap-li-[is-ma]
8. [...] x e x [...]
  rest broken

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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 30, 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.

  • citation: CATBM 8, p. 72

    [Leichty1988CATBM8] Leichty, Erle V., Jacob J. Finkelstein, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1988. Tablets from Sippar 3. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 8. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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  • Museum No.: BM 076825
  • Accession No.: 1882-05-22, 0604 + 1882-05-22, 0605 + 1882-05-22, 0606 + 1882-05-22, 0622 + 1882-05-22, 0646 + 1882-05-22, 0647 + 1882-05-22, 0655 + 1882-05-22, 0658 + 1882-05-22, 0665 + 1882-05-22, 0666 + 1882-05-22, 0670 + 1882-05-22, 0686 + 1882-05-22, 0739

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-18 at 09:46:12 Firth, Richard Artifact 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 22:14:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2020-03-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Weiershäuser, Frauke CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 30 composite (P519042) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 30, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 18, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P519703.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 30, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P519703). (2024, October 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P519703 (Original work published 2020)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 30, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P519703 (Accessed: February 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 18},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 30, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P519703},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P519703},
}


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