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

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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

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Witness

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#}[...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
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
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  • 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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 01659

  • Provenience: Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
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    Nabu temple, NT 12 or NT 13

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 18:09:51 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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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

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

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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: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2023RINAP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	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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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: November 10, 2025).
@misc{2023RINAP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RINAP 4 {Esarhaddon} 078, ex. 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P393953},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P393953},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P393953
LB  - CDLI:P393953
M1  - 2025/11/10/
TI  - RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 078, ex. 006 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P393953
ER  -
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