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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 041, ex. 001 (P398469)

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

35.0 mm × 43.0 mm

Witness

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] a-na e-pesz szip-ri szu2-a-[tu2 ...]
2'. [...] _gissu#_-szu2-nu da-ru-u ma-[...]
3'. [... _mu]-mesz_ lem-ne2-e-ti u4-mu [...]
4'. [... ka]-s,ir ner-ti la [...]
5'. [...] i-na i-szi-ti [...]
6'. [...] x-ta-szu2-nu-ma is,-ru-pu u2-[...]
7'. [...]-el _dingir-mesz_ a-na e-[...]
8'. [... a-na e]-pesz _lugal_-u2-ti-ia [...]
9'. [... {disz}]an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na ta-kil-szu2 [...]
10'. [... _dingir_]-ti-szu2-nu s,ir-[ti ...]
  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: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 35.0 high × 43.0 wide
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  • primary: RINAP 4, Esarhaddon 041, 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 10057

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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    Kuyunjik

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10 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 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 041 composite (P462891) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 041, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P398469.
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 041, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P398469). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398469 (Original work published 2010)
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 041, ex. 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398469 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).
@misc{2023RINAP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RINAP 4 {Esarhaddon} 041, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398469},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398469},
}


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