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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 014, ex. 001 (P422739)

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 127964

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

51.0 mm × 44.0 mm

Witness

object cylinder
surface a
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-te [...]
2'. [... szu-bat]-su s,u-uh-hu-rat-ma la x [...]
3'. [...] x bi-ib-lat lib-bi-ia [...]
4'. [... _e2]-gal#-tur-ra_ a-na mu-szab ru-[bu-ti-ia ...]
5'. [... ul-tu] usz#-sze-sza2 a-di gaba-dib-[be-sza2 ar-s,ip u2-szak-lil ...]
6'. [...] _kur_ i-tur ni-il-[...]
7'. [...]-ku _u4-mesz_ ma-[...]
8'. [...] _ri_ sza2 x [...]
  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): 51.0 high × 44.0 wide
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  • primary: RINAP 4, Esarhaddon 014, 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 127964
  • Accession No.: 1929-10-12, 0620

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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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 19:25:50 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
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 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
2011-06-29 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Stadhouders, Henry 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 014 composite (P462864) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 014, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P422739.
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 014, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P422739). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P422739 (Original work published 2011)
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 014, ex. 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P422739 (Accessed: April 17, 2025).
@misc{2023RINAP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RINAP 4 {Esarhaddon} 014, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P422739},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P422739},
}


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