RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 018, ex. 001 (P393949)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

60.0 mm × 42.0 mm

Witness

object cylinder
surface a
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ip-tu#-[u ...]
2'. [... tu-ut-tu]-szu2-ma ta-asz2-[szu2-szu2 a-na _lugal_-ti ...]
3'. [... _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_]-tim mi-[gir _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ...]
4'. [...] musz-te-e'-u2 asz2-[rat _dingir_-ti-szu2-nu _gal_-ti ...]
5'. [...]-zi {d}e2-a _lugal zu-[ab_ ...]
6'. [... esz]-re-e-ti mu-[...]
7'. [... sza _dingir-mesz kur-kur_ szal-lu-u-ti a-na asz2-ri-szu2-nu u2]-ter-ru-ma u2-szar-ma-[a pa-rak da-ra-a-ti ...]
8'. [... _sa2-du11_ gi]-nu-u u2-kin-nu# [qe2-reb-szin ...]
9'. [...]-szu2-nu _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ [...]
10'. [... u2-sze]-ri-bu u2-sze-szi-bu [...]
11'. [... sza] _du3 erin2-mesz_ ki-din-ni ma-la ba-[szu2-u ...]
12'. [... la ip-par]-ku-u2 i-na-as,-s,a#-[ru u4-mu _dingir_ esz-sze-e-szu ...]
  rest broken

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Consult sign list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Cylinder
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 60.0 high × 42.0 wide
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  • primary: RINAP 4, Esarhaddon 018, ex. 001

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 01654

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:

    Nimrud ?

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-09-11 at 18:27:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-09-11 at 17:23:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 018 composite (P462868) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 018, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P393949.
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 018, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P393949). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P393949 (Original work published 2010)
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 018, ex. 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P393949 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RINAP 4 {Esarhaddon} 018, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P393949},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P393949},
}


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