RINBE 2, Nabonidus 22, ex. 01 (P500772)

Official or display cylinder excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

MMA 86.11.052

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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object cylinder
surface a
column 1
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1'. [mu-t,ah]-hi#-id# sa#-at#-tuk#-ka#
2'. [mu]-szar#-ri#-ih ni-id-be2-e
3'. _dumu#_ {d}na3-ba-la-at-su-iq-bi
4'. ru#-ba-a-am e-em-qa2 a-na-ku
5'. [i3]-nu#-ma {d}marduk {d}en-lil2 _dingir-dingir_
6'. be#-lu-ut ma-ti-szu i-qi2-pa-an-ni
7'. gi#-na-a asz-te-ne2-e'-a
8'. pu#-lu-uh2-ti i-lu-ti-szu
9'. sza e-li-szu t,a-a-bu e-pe-szu
10'. u4-mi-sza-am a-ta#-mi#
11'. asz-szum la ba-sze-e hi#-[t,i-ti3]
12'. ka-a-a-nam szu-tu-ra#-[ku]
13'. a-na _dingir-dingir gal-gal_ qa2-[qa2-da-a]
14'. szu-te-mu-qa2-ak-szu-nu#-[ti]
15'. i-nu-szu e2-babbar-ra ki-is,-s,i ra-asz-bu
16'. szu-ba-at {d}utu da-a-a-na
17'. <sza> i-na qe2-re#-eb zimbir{ki}
18'. _lugal#_ pa-ni i-pu2-usz-ma ul-lu-u2 re-e-szi-szu2
19'. _4(u) 5(disz) mu-an-na-mesz_ la im-la-ma
20'. i#-qu-pu i-ga-ru-szu
21'. [ra]-am#-ku-ut e2-babbar-ra i-ta#-mu#-[nim]
22'. [i-qu]-up# [_e2_]
23'. [qi2-bi-it-su-nu] la# a-qi2-ip-ma ra#-[sza2-a-ku]
24'. [u2-ma-'e-er]-ma# _dumu-mesz_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|)#{ki}
25'. [u3 bar2-sipa{ki}] e#?-em#?-[qu-tu]
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column 2
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1'. u2-sza#-[ad-gi-il pa-ni-ka]
2'. a-na da#-[ke-e e2-babbar-ra]
3'. lib3-bi [pa-li-ih ra-sza2-a-ku ni-qi2-it-ti]
4'. i-na ma#-[a-a-al mu-szi-im ul u2-qa-at-ta-a]
5'. szi-it-[ti t,a-ab-tim ...]
6'. asz2-szi qa#-[ti-ia u2-s,a-al-la-a]
7'. {d}en#-[lil2 _dingir-mesz_ {d}marduk]
8'. asz-szum#? [e-pe2-esz e2-babbar-ra]
9'. asz2-ra#-[a-ti {d}utu u3 {d}iszkur]
10'. _en-[mesz_ bi-ri asz-te-e-ma]
11'. x [...]
12'. [...]
13'. [...]
14'. [...]
15'. sza# [...]
16'. _{gesz}al_ [...]
17'. al-x [...]
18'. usz-te-x [...]
19'. i-na _iti_ szal#-[ma ...]
20'. ad-ka# [...]
21'. ad#-kam#-ma# [...]
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column 3
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Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

  • Artifact type: Cylinder
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 22, ex. 01

    [Novotny2020RINBE2] Weiershäuser, Frauke, and Jamie Novotny. 2020. The Royal Inscriptions of Amēl-Marduk (561-560 BC), Neriglissar (559-556 BC), and Nabonidus (555-539 BC), Kings of Babylon. Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, vol. 2. Eisenbrauns.

  • history: CTMMA 4, 176

    [Spar2014CTMMA4] Spar, Ira, and Michael Jursa. 2014. The Ebabbar Temple Archive and Other Texts from the Fourth to the First Millennium B.C. Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 4. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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  • Museum No.: MMA 86.11.052
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-15 at 10:50:25 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2020-03-27 at 22:00:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-08-29 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 22 composite (P518974) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 22, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P500772.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 22, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P500772). (2024, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P500772 (Original work published 2017)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 22, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P500772 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
@misc{2024RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 22, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P500772},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P500772},
}


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