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RIMB 2.02.04.08, ex. 004 (P468683)

Literary tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Early Neo-Babylonian (ca. 1150-730 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 047805 + BM 048032 + BM 048035 + BM 048037 + BM 048046

Period

Early Neo-Babylonian (ca. 1150-730 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Bilingual historical-literary text of Nebuchadnezzar I)

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

Witness

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (Bilingual historical-literary text of Nebuchadnezzar I)
Language(s): Akkadian, Sumerian

Related publications

primary: RIMB 2, .02.04.08, ex. 004

[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.
history: JCS 21 (pp. 126-138), 128-131, 138

[Lambert1967JCS21] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1967. “Enmeduranki and Related Matters.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 21: 126–38.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 047805 + BM 048032 + BM 048035 + BM 048037 + BM 048046
Accession No.: 1881-11-03, 0512 + 1881-11-03, 0741 + 1881-11-03, 0744 + 1881-11-03, 0746 + 1881-11-03, 0755

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Early Neo-Babylonian (ca. 1150-730 BC)
Period Comments:
copy of Isin II inscription
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar1.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-05 at 15:55:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-07-01 at 14:35:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-08 at 13:56:09	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
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48	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
2014-08-24 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.47805) (BM.47805)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P468683) (P468683)
British Museum Collection (W_1881-1103-512) (W_1881-1103-512)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RIMB 2.02.04.08 composite (P469030)	View the score

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIMB 2.02.04.08, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P468683.

RIMB 2.02.04.08, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P468683). (2025, October 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P468683 (Original work published 2014)

RIMB 2.02.04.08, ex. 004 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P468683 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 5},
	title = {RIMB 2.02.04.08, ex. 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P468683},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P468683},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIMB 2.02.04.08, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P468683.

RIMB 2.02.04.08, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P468683). (2025, October 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P468683 (Original work published 2014)

RIMB 2.02.04.08, ex. 004 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P468683 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2025RIMB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 5},
	title = {RIMB 2.02.04.08, ex. 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P468683},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P468683},
}

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DA  - 2025/10/5/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P468683
LB  - CDLI:P468683
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - RIMB 2.02.04.08, ex. 004 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P468683
ER  -