RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 248, ex. 001 (P427906)

Official or display brick excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), 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 090285

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Brick

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

315.0 mm × 250.0 mm × 65.0 mm

Witness

Text

object cylinder
obverse
1. ana {d}marduk _umun_-szu2
2. {disz}an-szar2-du3-a
3. _man szu2 man kur_ asz
4. _a_ {disz}asz-szur-pap-asz
5. _man szu2 man kur_ asz
6. _man_ ka2-disz{ki}
7. a-gur-ri
8. e2-temen-an-ki
9. esz-szisz
10. u2-sze-pisz

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Brick
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 315.0 high × 250.0 wide × 65.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 248, ex. 001

[Novotny2023RINAP5/3] Novotny, Jamie, Joshua Jeffers, and Grant Frame. 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 3. Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, vol. 5/3. Eisenbrauns.
history: RIMB 2, .06.32.08, ex. 001

[Frame1995RIMB2] Frame, Grant. 1995. Rulers of Babylonia From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination. The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Babylonian Periods, vol. 2. University of Toronto Press.
citation: CBI, 078

[Walker1981Bricks] Walker, Christopher B. F. 1981. Cuneiform Brick Inscriptions in the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the City of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, the City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 090285
Accession No.: DT 381

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Excavation No: BE —
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Chronology

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

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-14 at 13:41:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-13 at 15:04:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-02 at 10:52:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-11 at 13:25:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-03 at 10:40:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-01-09 at 12:35:46	Novotny, Jamie	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22	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
2019-10-27 at 15:01:04	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Frame, Grant		CDLI	Approved
2011-12-22 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.90285) (BM.90285)
Electronic Babylonian Library (DT.381) (DT.381)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P427906) (P427906)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 248 composite (P469103)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 248, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P427906.

RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 248, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P427906). (2024, October 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P427906 (Original work published 2011)

RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 248, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P427906 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P427906},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P427906},
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Cite this Artifacts

“RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 248, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P427906.

RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 248, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P427906). (2024, October 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P427906 (Original work published 2011)

RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 248, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P427906 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 14},
	title = {RINAP 5/3, {Ashurbanipal} 248, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P427906},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P427906},
}

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