RINBE 1/1, Nebuchadnezzar II 027 ex. 01 (P259104)

Official or display cylinder excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01785

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; According to contents, doubtless from Temple of Marduk (stage tower), at Babylon; found as a whole but broken into two by the Arabs, the other half is supposed to be in existence; (i)23x(ii)32x(iii)30x(iv)29 lines; dups.CBS33,1125)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Cylinder
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • Genre(s): Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; According to contents, doubtless from Temple of Marduk (stage tower), at Babylon; found as a whole but broken into two by the Arabs, the other half is supposed to be in existence; (i)23x(ii)32x(iii)30x(iv)29 lines; dups.CBS33,1125)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: RINBE 1/1, Nbk. II 027 ex. 01

    [Novotny2024RINBE1/1] Novotny, Jamie, and Frauke Weiershäuser. 2024. The Royal Inscriptions of Nabopolassar (625-605 BC) and Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC), Kings of Babylon, Part 1. Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Empire 1/1.

  • history: BE 1/1, 085

    [Hilprecht1893BE1/1] Hilprecht, Hermann V. 1893. Old Babylonian Texts Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania: Series A Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1/1. Philadelphia. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1005411.

  • history: VAB 4, Nbk no.17(T)

    [Langdon1912VAB4] Langdon, Stephen H. 1912. Die Neubabylonischen Königsinschriften. Vorderasiatische Bibliothek 4. Leipzig : J. Hinrichs.

  • history: McGee, BA 3 pp.548f.(T)

    [McGee1898BA3] McGee, David W. 1898. “1898,” Beiträge zur Assyriologie und Semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, 3: 524–60.

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  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-01-10 at 16:41:13 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-18 at 08:29:49 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-18 at 08:27:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-01-12 at 07:20:10 Novotny, Jamie Artifact Novotny, Jamie The Inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Dynasty Dahl, Jacob L. approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

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RINBE 1/1, Nebuchadnezzar II 026 composite (P523019) View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“RINBE 1/1, Nebuchadnezzar II 027 Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P259104.
RINBE 1/1, Nebuchadnezzar II 027 ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P259104). (2025, January 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259104 (Original work published 2005)
RINBE 1/1, Nebuchadnezzar II 027 ex. 01 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259104 (Accessed: October 7, 2025).
@misc{2025RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-07]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 10},
	title = {RINBE 1/1, {Nebuchadnezzar} {II} 027 ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259104},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259104},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RINBE 1/1, Nebuchadnezzar II 027 Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P259104.
RINBE 1/1, Nebuchadnezzar II 027 ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P259104). (2025, January 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P259104 (Original work published 2005)
RINBE 1/1, Nebuchadnezzar II 027 ex. 01 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P259104 (Accessed: October 7, 2025).
@misc{2025RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-07]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 10},
	title = {RINBE 1/1, {Nebuchadnezzar} {II} 027 ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P259104},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P259104},
}


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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P259104
ER  -
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