RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, ex. 14 (P269940)

Official or display barrel excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), 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 15618

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Barrel

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Restoration of Ur ziggurat; Inscription of Nabonidos no.5; 18 lines)

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Witness

object barrel
surface a
column 1
  broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. [...]-u2#-ti-ka# _gal#_-ti
3'. [...] szap-tuk-ka
4'. [...] _dingir#_-u2-ti-ka _gal_-ti
5'. [x x] _ug3-mesz_-szu2
6'. [...]-ma# la i-hat,-t,u-u2
7'. [x x] _dingir#_-u2#-ti-ka _gal_-ti
8'. [x x] _an#_-e isz-da-szu2-nu li-ku-nu#
9'. [...] {d#}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|)#{ki#}
10'. [...] _dingir#_-u2-ti-ka
11'. [...]-zib-an-ni-ma
12'. [...] ru-qu-ti
13'. [...]-ti# szur-kam
14'. [...]_-lugal-uru3 _dumu_ resz-tu-u2
15'. [...]-bi#-ia pu-luh-ti
16'. [...]-ka# _gal_-ti lib3-bu-usz
17'. [x x]-kin#-ma
18'. [...]-sza2#-a hi#-t,i#-ti#
19'. [...]

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  • Artifact type: Barrel
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • Genre(s): Official or display (witness Royal Inscription; Restoration of Ur ziggurat; Inscription of Nabonidos no.5; 18 lines)
  • Language(s):

  • primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, ex. 14

    [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: AOAT 256, 2.02, ex. add14

    [Schaudig2001AOAT256] Schaudig, Hanspeter. 2001. Die Inschriften Nabonids von Babylon Und Kyros’ Des Grossen Samt Den in Ihrem Umfeld Entstandenen Tendenzschriften : Textausgabe Und Grammatik. Vol. 256. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 15618
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U 01154
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-26 at 10:23:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-28 at 23:15:35 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Hafford, William B.; Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 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
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-03-27 at 16:08:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI 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):

Composite Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32 composite (P519049) View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, Ex. 14 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269940.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, ex. 14 artifact entry (No. P269940). (2024, June 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269940 (Original work published 2005)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, ex. 14 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269940 (Accessed: August 22, 2025).
@misc{2024RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 26},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 32, ex. 14 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269940},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, Ex. 14 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P269940.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, ex. 14 artifact entry (No. P269940). (2024, June 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P269940 (Original work published 2005)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, ex. 14 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P269940 (Accessed: August 22, 2025).
@misc{2024RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 26},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 32, ex. 14 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P269940},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P269940},
}


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DA  - 2024/6/26/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P269940
LB  - CDLI:P269940
M1  - 2025/8/22/
TI  - RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, ex. 14 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P269940
ER  -
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