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RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 116 ex. 001 (P423256)

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 134557

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

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] _gal# man_ dan-[x] _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur{ki} _man_ kib#-rat _limmu2#_-tim#
2. [...] asz#-szur{ki} _sza3-bala-bala_ {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _man kur_ asz-szur#{ki#}
3. [...]-eh#?-ri#-ia szi-mat da-mi3-iq-ti i-szi-mu szi-im-ti#
4. [...] musz#-te-e'-u2 asz2#-ri-szu2-un isz-ru-ku szi-rik-ti#
5. [...]-kur#-ra _e2 an-szar2 lugal dingir-mesz en_-ia u2-szak#-lil#
6. [...] u2#-szal#-bi-isz u2-nam-mir ki-ma u4-me#
7. [...] u2#-sze-rib u2-szar-me pa-rak da-ra-a-ti#
8. [...]-ra#-hu sza2-qu-u2 _en_ gim-ri#
9. [...]-pisz# mim-ma# pa-az-ru si-mat be-lu-ti-sza2
10. [...]-e isz-tap-pa#-ra ka-a-a-na
11. [...]-e# sza ud#-du#-usz _dingir#_-ti-sza2 _gal_-ti#
12. [...]-in#-ni an-nu# ke#-[x x]
13. [...]-szar#-ri#-ih#? [...]
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Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 116 ex. 001

    [Jeffers2023RINAP5/2] Jeffers, Joshua, and Jamie Novotny. 2023. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-Etel-Ilāni (630–627 BC), and Sîn-Šarra-Iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria, Part 2. Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, vol. 5/2. Eisenbrauns.

  • history: Iraq 30 (pp. 98-111), pl. 25

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 134557
  • Accession No.: 1932-12-12, 0552

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 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
2023-01-20 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 15:01:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Frame, Grant 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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Composite Score
RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 116 composite (P523442) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 116 Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P423256.
RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 116 ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P423256). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P423256 (Original work published 2011)
RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 116 ex. 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P423256 (Accessed: April 16, 2025).
@misc{2023RINAP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {RINAP 5/2, {Ashurbanipal} 116 ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P423256},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P423256},
}


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