RINBE 2, Nabonidus x1007, ex. 01 (P518988)

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 040532 + BM 040581 + BM 040582 + BM 040583 + BM 041109 + BM 041136

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
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] x x
3'. [...] x x x
4'. [...] x x x
5'. [...] x x x
6'. [...] x x x
7'. [...] x x x
8'. [...] x x x
9'. x x x
10'. x x x da#-ri2#-a#
11'. x x x x? x-ia
12'. ina? x x x x x x x x bi-ri
13'. x x x
14'. x x x x x x
15'. x x x [...] x x x
16'. [...] x x x
17'. [...] x? x x x
18'. [...] x? x x x
19'. [...] x x-ti#?
20'. [...] x x x x
column 2
1. x x x
2. x x x
3. x x x
4. x x x
5. x x x
6. x x x [x x?]
7. x x x [x x?]
8. x x x [...]
9. x x x [...]
10. x x x [...]
11. x x x [...]
12. x x x [...]
13. x [...]
14. x [...]
15. x [...]
16. x [...]
17. x [...]
18. x [...]
19. x [...]
20. x [...]
21. a-na# [...]
22. {d}utu be-li2-ia# [...] x? x
23. a-na x x x [...] x-ma
24. ba-la-t,a4 <<x>> u4-um# ru#-qu#-u2-tim
25. lu x x? x szi#-[ri]-ik#-tu-um-ma
26. i-na na-am#-ru# nu-u2-ri-ka
27. x x x x x x x la x x x?
28. a#-na# sze#-be#-e# li#-[it-tu-ti]
29. x x x a-na-asz2-szu-ka# [x x? x]
30. i#-na# x x? x nim? szi x [...]
31. i-x x x x [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
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 x1007, 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,a

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 040532 + BM 040581 + BM 040582 + BM 040583 + BM 041109 + BM 041136
  • Accession No.: 1881-04-28AH, 0073 + 1881-04-28AH, 0125 + 1881-04-28AH, 0126 + 1881-04-28AH, 0127 + 1881-04-28AH, 0656 + 1881-04-26AH, 0683

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
2023-06-19 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 16:08:22 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):

Composite Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus x1007 composite (P518987) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINBE 2, Nabonidus X1007, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 24, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518988.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus x1007, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P518988). (2024, June 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518988 (Original work published 2020)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus x1007, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518988 (Accessed: March 13, 2025).
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	month = {jun 24},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} x1007, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518988},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P518988},
}


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