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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 14 (P371225)

Official or display cylinder dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VA 02541

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

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object cylinder
surface a
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x x x [...]
2'. pa-al-hi-isz# [...]
3'. _e2_ szu-a-tim sza# taq#-[...]
4'. um-man-ma-an-du sa-hi-ir#-[...]
5'. {d}marduk-ma i-ta-ma-a it-ti#-[...]
6'. sza-a-szu _kur_-szu u3 _lugal#-[...]_
7'. i-na sza2-lul-ti# [...]
8'. {disz}ku-ra-asz2# [...]
9'. x x x [...]
  n lines broken
10'. [...] x
11'. [...] x
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x? [...]
2'. [...] _za3#_ u3# _gub3#_ [...]
3'. [...] {d#}nin#-gal {d#}nusku u3 {d#}sa#-dar3#-[x x]
4'. [...] ul#-tu szu-an-na{ki#} _iri lugal_-u2-ti-ia#
5'. [x x? x]-ma# i-na# hi-da-a-ti u3 ri-sza-a-ti#
6'. [x x]-at# t,u-ub lib3-bi qe2#-er-ba-szu u2-sze-szi-ib
7'. [x] _siskur2#_ ta-asz2-ri-ih-ti eb-ba ma-har-szu-nu aq-qi2-ma
8'. u2#-sza-am-hi-ir ka-ad-ra-a-a
9'. e2#-hul2-hul2 re-esz-ti u2-ma-al-li-ma
10'. {iri#}har-ra-nu a-na pa-at, gi-im-ri-szu
11'. ki#-ma s,e-et _iti_ u2-na-am-mi-ir sza-ru-ru-szu
12'. {d#}suen _lugal# dingir-mesz_ sza2 _an_-e u3 _ki#_-tim
13'. sza# ul-la-nu-usz-szu _iri_ u3 _kur_ la in-na-an-du-u2#
14'. la# i-tu-ur-ru asz2-ru-usz-[x]
15'. [x]-na e2-hul2-hul2 _e2_ szu-bat# la#-le-e-ka i-na e#-[...]
16'. da#-mi#-iq#-ti# _uru#_ u3# _e2#_ sza#-a#-szu# li#-isz#-sza2#-ki#-in# [...]
17'. _dingir#-mesz_ a-szi-<bu>-tu _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim#?
18'. li#-ik-ta-ra-bu _e2 {d}suen#_ a-bi ba#-[...]
19'. ia#-a-ti {d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} mu-sza2-ak#-[...]
20'. {d#}suen# _lugal# dingir#-mesz#_ sza# _an_-e u3# [x x]
21'. i-na ni-isz i-ni-szu _saga#-mesz_ ha#-di-isz# [...]
22'. ar-hi-szam-ma i-na# [x]-ip#-hi u3# [x x]
23'. li-da-am-mi-qu# it-ta#-[...]
24'. _u4-mesz_-ia li#-[x x]-ik _mu-an-na-mesz#_-[x]
25'. li#-sza2#-[...]-u2#-a na-ak-ru-ti#-[x]
26'. [...]-am#-qi2-it li-[...]
27'. [...] _gal#-gal_ i-na ma-ha#-[...]
28'. [...]-x li-iq#-[...]
29'. [...]-it# lib3#-[...]
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. mu#-[...]
2'. sza# [...]
3'. a#-[...]
  rest broken

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 28, 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: VS 1, 53f

    [Delitzsch1907VS1] Delitzsch, Friedrich, Leopold Messerschmidt, and Arthur Ungnad. 1907. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler Der Königlichen Museen Zu Berlin, Heft 1. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: AOAT 256, 2.12, exs. 15 + 32

    [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.: VA 02541
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-02 at 08:50:54 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-02 at 08:23:13 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-26 at 10:23:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 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
2007-09-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28 composite (P518991) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, Ex. 14 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P371225.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 14 artifact entry (No. P371225). (2024, October 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P371225 (Original work published 2007)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 14 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P371225 (Accessed: April 17, 2025).
@misc{2024RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 2},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 28, ex. 14 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P371225},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P371225},
}


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