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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 005, ex. 004 (P423195)

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 134464

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

Measurements

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Witness

object prism
surface a
column 1
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [x x] lib3#-bi# [...]
4. _[x]-nita2# ka2#-[...]_
5. _lugal# kur eme-gi7_ u3 [x x]
6. _[x]-bala#-bala_ {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz#-[x]
7. _lugal#_ kisz-sza2-ti _lugal kur#_ [...]
8. _dingir#-mesz# gal#-mesz_ ina _ukken#_-[x x]
9. szi#-mat _saga_-tim# i#-szi#-mu [x x]
10. uz#-nu ra-pa#-asz2#-tum# isz#-[...]
11. kul#-lat t,up-szar#-[x x]
12. u2-sza2-hi-zu ka-[x x]
13. e-li _lugal-mesz#_ a-szib [...]
14. zi#-kir# _mu_-ia u2-[...]
15. [...]-u2# _en#_-[x x]
  n lines broken
16'. e2#-[...]
17'. _en#-[...]_
18'. _e2-[...]_
19'. {gesz}tim#-[...]
20'. ina [...]
21'. an#-szar2# [...]
22'. u2-[...]
23'. e2#-[...]
24'. u2#-[...]
25'. {d}en# [...]
26'. x x [...]
27'. x [...]
28'. x [...]
29'. 5(u) [...]
30'. a-[...]
31'. u2#-[...]
32'. x [...]
  rest broken
  n columns broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-szu2#-nu [...]
2'. [...]-ti#-szu2#-nu _gal#_-[x]
3'. [...] u ri-i#-bi e-ma it-x [x x?]
4'. [...] sza#-ma#-[x]
5'. [...] sza2 a-rak u4#-me pa-[x x?]
6'. [...] _lugal_-ti#-[x]
7'. [...] _{gesz#}gu-za en_-u-ti#-[x]
8'. [...] la# na#-par#-[x x]
9'. [...]-lu#? a-[x x]
10'. [...]-szu2#?-nu#?
column 3'
  beginning broken
1'. [...] en#-na#-[x]
2'. [...] lu-ud-[x]
3'. [...]-t,ir _mu_-[x]
4'. [...] _i3#-mesz_ lip-szu-usz#
5'. [...] asz2#-ri-szu2 lu-ter
6'. [...]-ku# _mu-sar_-u
7'. [...] an#-szar2-pap-asz _man kur_ asz-szur{ki#}
8'. [x] _du3#_-ia a-mu-ru
9'. [...]-szu2# _{udu}siskur_ aq-qu-u
10'. [x x] mu-sza2-re-e
11'. [...]-mi3-ia asz2-ku-nu
12'. [...] ki-ma# ia-a-ti-ma
13'. [...] a#-mur-ma
14'. [...]-usz# _{udu}siskur# bala_-qi2
15'. [x x] mu-sza2-re-e
16'. [...] szu-mi3-ka szu-kun#?
17'. _[...]-mesz#_ ma-la ina mu-sza2-re-e
18'. [...] sza2-at,-ru
19'. [x]-ut#-ka# lik-tar-ra-bu
20'. [x]-is,#-s,u-ru _bala-mesz_-ka
21'. [x] mu#-sza2-ru-u szi-t,ir# szu-me _ad_ ba-ni-ia
22'. [x] szi-t,ir szu-mi3#-ia ib-ba-tu2
23'. [x x]-ma# szi-pir# ni-kil#-ti# u2-hal-la#-qu
24'. [x]-ti# _mu-sar#_-e szi-t,ir szu-mi3-szu2
25'. [x] i#-szak#-ka-nu
26'. _[x]-mesz# gal#-mesz_ sza2# _an_-e u _ki_-tim
27'. [x]-us#-su# lis-ki-pu
28'. _mu#_-szu2# _<numun_-szu2> i#-na# [x] lu-hal-li-qu
  single ruling
29'. [x] _ne#? u4 8(disz)-kam#_
30'. [...] be-el-szu2-nu# _{lu2#}en#-[x_ x] hi-in-da#-[x]

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 005, ex. 004

    [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. 21 BM 134464

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 134464
  • Accession No.: 1932-12-12, 0459

  • 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
2023-01-20 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 005 composite (P514714) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 005, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P423195.
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 005, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P423195). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P423195 (Original work published 2011)
RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 005, ex. 004 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P423195 (Accessed: April 17, 2025).
@misc{2023RINAP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RINAP 5/1 {Ashurbanipal} 005, ex. 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P423195},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P423195},
}


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