RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 34 (P519021)

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 054382

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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Witness

object cylinder
surface a
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-eb#-szu#
2'. [...]-zu#-uz#-ma
3'. [...]-bi#-it-ma
4'. [...]-e#-a ki-i-nim
5'. [...]-u2#-ti-ia
6'. [...] ta#-a#-a#-ri
7'. [...]-ru#-'i#-in-ni [x]-ut#-ti
8'. [...]-tim#
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x? [...]
2'. u2#-ra#-at-ta#-[...]
3'. _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 e2-gar8-mesz#-[...]_
4'. u2-sza2-an-bi-it,# [...]
5'. ri-i-mu za-ha-le-<e> eb-bi# [...]
6'. ka-ad-ri-isz usz-zi-[...]
7'. 2(disz) {d}lah3-mu esz-ma#-ru#-u2# sa#-[...]
8'. i-na# _ka2_ s,i-it {d}utu-szi [...]
9'. qa2-ti3 {d}sin {d}nin-gal {d}nusku# [...]
10'. ul-tu {iri}szu-an-na# [...]
11'. i-na hi-da#-a-ti# [...]
12'. szu-ba-at t,u#-[...]
13'. _{udu}siskur2#_ [...]
14'. [x] x [...]
  rest broken
column 3
  broken

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Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

  • Artifact type: Cylinder
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 34

    [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. 38

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 054382
  • Accession No.: 1882-05-22, 0663

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-11-21 at 15:12:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-26 at 10:23:14 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2020-03-27 at 16:08:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2020-01-05 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Foxvog, Daniel A.; Novotny, Jamie; Weiershäuser, Frauke CDLI Approved View

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

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

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Cite this Artifacts

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, Ex. 34 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P519021.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 34 artifact entry (No. P519021). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P519021 (Original work published 2020)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 34 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P519021 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
@misc{2025RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 21},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 28, ex. 34 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P519021},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P519021},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, Ex. 34 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P519021.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 34 artifact entry (No. P519021). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P519021 (Original work published 2020)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 34 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P519021 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
@misc{2025RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 21},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 28, ex. 34 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P519021},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P519021},
}


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DA  - 2025/11/21/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P519021
LB  - CDLI:P519021
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 34 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P519021
ER  -
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