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RINAP 2, Sargon II 087 ex. 001 (P422497)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 123416

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

Witness

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Official or display (witness)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: RINAP 2, 087 ex. 001

[Frame2021RINAP2] Frame, Grant. 2021. The Royal Inscriptions of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC). Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, vol. 2. Penn State University Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 123416
Accession No.: 1932-12-10, 0359

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square: Kuyunjik, palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Square C, 25 feet below the datum level
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced: Sargon2.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-15 at 08:43:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 19:25:50	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2011-06-29 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Stadhouders, Henry	British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.123416) (BM.123416)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P422497) (P422497)
British Museum Collection (W_1932-1210-359) (W_1932-1210-359)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RINAP 2, Sargon II 087 composite (P523340)	View the score

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Cite this Artifacts

“RINAP 2, Sargon II 087 Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P422497.

RINAP 2, Sargon II 087 ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P422497). (2024, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P422497 (Original work published 2011)

RINAP 2, Sargon II 087 ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P422497 (Accessed: January 28, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {RINAP 2, {Sargon} {II} 087 ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P422497},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P422497},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RINAP 2, Sargon II 087 Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P422497.

RINAP 2, Sargon II 087 ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P422497). (2024, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P422497 (Original work published 2011)

RINAP 2, Sargon II 087 ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P422497 (Accessed: January 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {RINAP 2, {Sargon} {II} 087 ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P422497},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P422497},
}

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