RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, ex. 006 (P393953)

Official or display cylinder excavated in Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

object cylinder
surface a
1. [...]-szur-szesz-szum2-na _lugal gal_-[x] _lugal_ dan-nu _lugal#_ [...]
2. _szagina#_ babila2{ki} _lugal kur_ szu-me-[ri ...]
3. _sipa_ ki-i-nu sza _ug3-mesz_ dal-ha-a-ti u2-taq-qin-nu u2#-[...]
4. sza# _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ba-nu#-u2 [...]
5. ba#-nu-u2 _e2_ an-szar2 e-pisz# e2-[...]
6. [x]-szak-lil ma-ha-zi ka-li-szu2-nu [...]
7. [_...]-mesz kur-kur_ szal-lu-tu ul-tu# [...]
8. [...]-ma _e2_ {d}isz-tar# [...]
  n lines broken
9'. [...] _lugal# szu2#_ [...]
10'. [x x] _lugal#_-[...] _lugal# kur_ szu-me-ri [...]
11'. [...]-szit#-ti _kur#_ [...]-szu#-da qa-[...]
12'. [...]-ti sza qe2-reb {iri}kal#-[...]
13'. [...]-li# sza u4-me pa-ni u2#-[...]
14'. [...] _en#_-[ia]
15'. [...] u2#-sza2#-asz2-t,ir#-[...]
16'. [...]-na# u4-me [...]
17'. [...] an-hu-us-su-nu [...]
18'. [...] it#-ti# [...]-t,ur {d}masz _dumu_ {d}en-lil2 ik-[...]
  single ruling
19'. [{iti}]ne-ne-gar _u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_ li-mu {disz}ban-ba-a {lu2#}[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078 composite (P462928) Q003307 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P393953

Physical information

Artifact type Cylinder
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Nabu temple, NT 12 or NT 13
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number K 01659

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) K.1659
RINAP Sources (RINAP Sources) P393953
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P393953
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P393953
British Museum Collection (BM) W_K-1659

References

  • primary: RINAP 4, Esarhaddon 078, ex. 006

    [Leichty2011RINAP4] Leichty, Erle V. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (680-669 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, vol. 4. Eisenbrauns.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2013-09-11 at 18:09:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-09-11 at 17:23:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Michalowski, Piotr British Museum Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, Ex. 006 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P393953.
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, ex. 006 artifact entry (No. P393953). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P393953 (Original work published 2010)
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, ex. 006 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P393953 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P393953},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P393953},
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Cite this Artifact

“RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, Ex. 006 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P393953.
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, ex. 006 artifact entry (No. P393953). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P393953 (Original work published 2010)
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, ex. 006 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P393953 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RINAP 4 {Esarhaddon} 078, ex. 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P393953},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P393953},
}


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ID  - P393953
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TI  - RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, ex. 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P393953
ER  -
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