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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 024, ex. 004 (P450423)

Official or display game board 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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Game board

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

45.0 mm × 72.0 mm

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. [...]-de-e
3. [...] _kur_ asz
4. [...] _kur_ asz

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: Game board Artifact type comments:
game board
Material: Stone
Measurements (mm): 45.0 high × 72.0 wide
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
game board

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: RINAP 4, Esarhaddon 024, ex. 004

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: 1880-07-19, 0327

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

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

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:51:02	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		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
2013-09-11 at 17:23:09	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2013-03-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (1880,0719.327) (1880,0719.327)
RINAP Sources (P450423) (P450423)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P450423) (P450423)
British Museum Collection (W_1880-0719-327) (W_1880-0719-327)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 024 composite (P462874)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 024, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P450423.

RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 024, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P450423). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P450423 (Original work published 2013)

RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 024, ex. 004 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P450423 (Accessed: March 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-24]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {RINAP 4 {Esarhaddon} 024, ex. 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P450423},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P450423},
}

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DA  - 2026/3/8/
PY  - 2026
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M1  - 2026/3/24/
TI  - RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 024, ex. 004 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 024, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P450423.

RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 024, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P450423). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P450423 (Original work published 2013)

RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 024, ex. 004 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P450423 (Accessed: March 24, 2026).

@misc{2026RINAP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-24]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {RINAP 4 {Esarhaddon} 024, ex. 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P450423},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P450423},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/3/8/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P450423
LB  - CDLI:P450423
M1  - 2026/3/24/
TI  - RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 024, ex. 004 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P450423
ER  -