RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 002, ex. 008 ? (P422978)

Official or display prism 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 121029 + BM 128230 + BM 128298

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness annals)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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object prism
surface a
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column 1'
1. _[...]-mesz# gal-mesz_ sza2 _an_-e u _ki_-tim
2. [...]-nen#-nu-u qi-bi-su-un
3. [x]-dan#-nin# isz-t,ur isz-kun
4. [x]-de#-e a-na u4-me s,a-a-ti
5. [...] _iti#_ {d#}e2-a _en_ te-ne2-sze-e-te
6. [...]-nit# _lugal_-ti-ia
7. [...] _e2#_ ri#-du-u-ti
8. [...]-kas2#? _lugal#_-u-ti#
9. [...] x [x?]
  rest broken
column 2'
1. ma#-har#-szu2-un aq#-qi-ma
2. u2#-szam#-hi-ra kad3-ra#-[x]-a
3. _dingir#-mesz#_ sza2-tu-nu ni-isz _szu#-min#_-ia2# im-hur-u-ma
4. na#-ki-ri-ia is-pu-nu
5. [x x]-li#-qu# ga-re-ia
  single ruling
6. [...] x ru-u-qu
7. [...] a-lak#-tusz#
8. [...]{ki#} _ad_ ba-nu-u-a
9. [...]-li-ku qe2-reb-sza2
10. [...]-u2# _man_ {kur}ku-u2-si
11. [...]-par#-ri-ru el-lat-su
12. [...]-su# ik-szu-du-ma
13. [...]-lu-la szal-la-as-su
14. [...]-ti-sza2 i-bi-il-ma
15. [...] asz#-szur#{ki} u2-ter
16. [...]-ru#-ti u2-nak-ki-ir#-ma
17. [...] iz#-ku#-ra ni-bit-sun2
18. [...]-ti# _{lu2}nam_-u-ti
19. [...]-qid# ina lib3-bi
20. [...]-lu#-ti#-szu2#
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column 3'
1. sza2-a-szu2 hat-tum u pu-luh-tu2 im-qut-su-ma#
2. il-li-ka mah#-hu#-tisz2
3. ul-tu {iri}me#-[x]-pi
4. _iri_ a-szar [x x]-ti#-szu2
5. us,#-s,i#-ma# a#-[...] na#-pisz-te-szu2
6. qe2-reb _{gesz#}ma2#_ [x]-kab#-ma
7. _karasz_-su u2-masz-szir-ma# [...]-par#-szid-ma
8. qe2-reb {iri}ni-i'# [x x]-ub#
9. _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ qa-ra-bi# [...]-szu2
10. u3 _erin2-mesz me3_-szu2 u2#-[...]
11. _{lu2}a kin_ pu-su-rat# [...]
12. sza a-tam-ra iq-[...]
13. _{lu2}gal sag_ {lu2#}[x x]
14. u3 _lugal-mesz_ e-ber _id2#_ [...]
15. a-di e-mu-qi-szu2-nu {gesz#}[...]
16. _lugal-mesz_-ni {kur}mu-[...]
17. a-di _{gesz}ma2-mesz_-szu2-nu e-mu#-[...]
18. a-na hul-lu-uq {disz}tar-qu#-[x]
19. ul#-tu# qe2-reb {kur}mu-s,ur {kur}ku#-[x x]
20. [x x]-mu#-qi-ia mah-ra#-[...]
21. [...] asz2#-pur# a-na# [...]
22. [...] x [...]
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column 4'
1. ma-mit {d}asz-szur _man dingir-mesz_ ik-szu-[...]
2. sza ih-t,u-u2 ina [...]
3. _mun_ qa-tu-usz-szu2-un u2-ba#-[...]
4. sza e-pu-us-su-nu-ti# [...]
5. u3 _ug3-mesz iri-mesz#_
6. ma-al it-ti-szu2-nu isz#-[x x]
7. ik-pu-du a-mat le#-[x x]
8. _tur_ u _gal_ ina _{gesz}tukul_ u2#-szam#-[...]
9. e-du _lu2_ la# [...]
10. u3#? sza2#?-a#?-[...]
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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: Prism
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RINAP 5/1, Ashurbanipal 002, ex. 008 ?

    [Novotny2018RINAP5/1] Novotny, Jamie, and Joshua Jeffers. 2018. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668-631 BC), Assur-Etal-Ilani (630-627 BC), and Sin-Sarra-Iskun (626-612 BC), Kings of Assyria. Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, vol. 5/1. Eisenbrauns.

  • history: Iraq 30 (pp. 98-111), pl. 19 BM 128230

    [Millard1968Iraq30] Millard, Alan R. 1968. “Fragments of Historical Texts from Nineveh: Ashurbanipal.” Iraq 30: 98–111.

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  • Museum No.: BM 121029 + BM 128230 + BM 128298
  • Accession No.: 1929-10-12, 0025 + 1932-12-10, 0487 + 1932-12-10, 0555

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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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 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
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-10-27 at 15:20:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Jeffers, Joshua; Novotny, Jamie 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 5/1 Ashurbanipal 002 composite (P514711) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 002, Ex. 008 ? Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P422978.
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 002, ex. 008 ? artifact entry (No. P422978). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P422978 (Original work published 2011)
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 002, ex. 008 ? artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P422978 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
@misc{2023RINAP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {RINAP 5/1 {Ashurbanipal} 002, ex. 008 ? artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P422978},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P422978},
}


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