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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 038, ex. 001 (P394821)

Official or display tablet 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

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

15.0 mm × 178.0 mm

Witness

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] kan-[szu2? ...]
2'. [...]-nu [...]
3'. [...]
4'. [...]
5'. _szagina_ babila2{ki} [...]
6'. _nun_ mun-tal-ku ih-[...]
7'. _lugal_ szah-tu [...]
8'. ina ni-isz _igi-min_ ina {iti}[...]
9'. [...]-szi-ir _kur_-su [...]
10'. [...]
11'. [...]
12'. [...]
13'. [...]
14'. [...]
15'. [...]
16'. [...]
17'. [...]
18'. [...]
19'. [...]
20'. [...]-nak
21'. [...]
22'. [...]
23'. [...]
24'. [...]-u
25'. [...]
26'. [...]
27'. [...]-dan ma-lu raq-qu
28'. [...]-isz-szu x x-szu2
29'. [...] {d}3(u) pu-tuq-qu ba-sza2-a _gesztu-min_-szu2-un
30'. [... {d}]nin-gal {d}nusku qe2-reb sza2 _ki_-tim
31'. [...] i-szak-ka-nu dam-qu-tu2
32'. [... hi]-szih-ti _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_
33'. [... {d}]na-an-na-ru
34'. [...] u2-sze-szi-ir pu-ti
35'. [...] ri-kis par-s,i-szu2-un
36'. [...] {d#}u-dar-mesz
37'. [...]
38'. [...]
39'. [... u2]-kin
40'. [...]-u
41'. [...] _igi-kar2_-a
42'. [...] x-szu2-un
43'. [...] lu-szal-bir
44'. [...] x
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-tum
2'. [...] x-di
3'. [...] u2-kin
4'. [... i]-na a-mat qi2-bi-ti-ia
5'. [...] e-mi3-du-szu2-ma il-li-ku nam-mu-szi-szu2
  blank space
  erasures
6'. [...] {disz}tar-qu-u2
7'. [...] x e-kim-szu2
8'. [...] mah-ru-ti
9'. [...]-qisz
10'. [...] _lugal szu2 a_-szu2
11'. [...] x-a _en_
12'. ina ab-[... man-za]-az pa-ni
13'. _munus-e2-gal-me_-szu2 x [...] ina la mi3-ni
14'. _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar na4-mesz nig2-szu_ [...] a-na _kur_ asz-szur
15'. sa-kul-lat _gu4-mesz u8-udu-[hi-a_ ...]-li sza2
16'. _lugal-mesz {lu2}nam-mesz_ [...]
17'. asz2-tak-kan-ma ni-ri [...]
18'. sat-tuk-ki gi-nu-u2 [...]
19'. [...]
20'. 8(disz) _gu4-mesz_ 3(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 1(u) [...]
  blank space
  erasure
21'. ina _gun_ man-da-[at-ti ...]
22'. ina u4-me-szu2-ma s,a-lam [...]
  rest broken

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: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 15.0 high × 178.0 wide
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  • primary: RINAP 4, Esarhaddon 038, 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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 03127 + K 04435

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
  • Elevation:
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    Kuyunjik

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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
2019-10-20 at 10:52:35 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 038 composite (P462888) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 038, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P394821.
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 038, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P394821). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394821 (Original work published 2010)
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 038, ex. 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394821 (Accessed: April 23, 2025).
@misc{2023RINAP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {RINAP 4 {Esarhaddon} 038, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394821},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394821},
}


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