RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 28 (P519015)

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 British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 054358

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

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Text

object cylinder
surface a
column 1
broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. it#-ti mu-sa#-re#?-[...]
2'. a#-na {d}utu da#-[...]
3'. e2#-babbar-ra _e2#-[...]_
4'. sza# {disz}{d}na3-[...]_
5'. te#-me-en-szu la#-[...]
6'. _e2#_ szu-a-tim i-[...]
7'. sza# _e2_ szu-a-tim# [...]
8'. na#-qu2-ut-ti ar#-[...]
9'. a#-di {d}utu# ul#-[...]
rest broken
column 3
broken

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Cylinder
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 28

[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: AOAT 256, 2.12, ex. 31

[Schaudig2001AOAT256] Schaudig, Hanspeter. 2001. Die Inschriften Nabonids von Babylon Und Kyros’ Des Grossen Samt Den in Ihrem Umfeld Entstandenen Tendenzschriften : Textausgabe Und Grammatik. Vol. 256. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 054358
Accession No.: 1882-05-22, 0633

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
Ebabbar, very possibly Room 5

Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabonidus.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-21 at 15:12:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-26 at 10:23:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	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
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2020-03-27 at 16:08:21	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2020-01-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Foxvog, Daniel A.; Novotny, Jamie; Weiershäuser, Frauke		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Sources for Inscriptions of the Rulers of Babylonia (P519015) (P519015)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P519015) (P519015)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0522-633) (W_1882-0522-633)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28 composite (P518991)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, Ex. 28 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P519015.

RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 28 artifact entry (No. P519015). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P519015 (Original work published 2020)

RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 28 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P519015 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 28, ex. 28 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P519015},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P519015},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, Ex. 28 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P519015.

RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 28 artifact entry (No. P519015). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P519015 (Original work published 2020)

RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 28 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P519015 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 21},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 28, ex. 28 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P519015},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P519015},
}

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