RINBE 2, Nabonidus x1002, ex. 01 (P519641)

Official or display cylinder excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), 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 038696

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

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
1. [...] x ad#-di3#-in# ki#-ma# x# x#-usz#
2. [...] ah#? hi# x
3. _[...]-mesz#_ szu#-u2# pa-al#?-x x
4. [...] x x x
5. [...] x x x
6. [...] x x x x x?
7. [...] x x ki#
8. [...] hi x-a#-ti#
9. [...] x ab _du3_ x
10. [...] re#-e-szi-sza#
11. [...]-ti# e-pu-usz-ma#
12. [...] x-bu ri-ki-is-su
13. _[{gesz}ig-{gesz}ig? {gesz]}erin#_ tah-lu-up-ti3 _zabar_
14. [...] _ka2_-szu u2-rat-ti
15. [... ta-am]-la#-a _<<mesz>>_ u2-ma-al-li-ma
16. [...] x x-na ak-s,u-ur2
17. [...]-szu sza2 ku ma hi# ia-ti
18. [...] e-lu-tim? qe2-er-ba-szu
19. [... usz-ma]-al-la
20. [...] x-ti _ku6-hi-a_ u _muszen#?-hi-a_
21. [...] x ma-ti-ia u2#?-da?-asz2-szi
22. [...] x i-na? x x is _zi_-tim
23. [...] x e szu x mu la _e2_ x x x?
24. [...] x ir?-szu i-na _mu_ x x x x x
25. [...] x-bi-ma u2-da-an#-ni-in ne2-re-bi#-szu#?
26. [...] x x na szi? im ru _dingir-mesz_ u3? _{d}isz#-[tar_]
27. [...] x ep-sze-ti-ia li-t,i2-ba e-<li>-ka#
28. [... re]-e#-u2#-si-na# ip-pu-szu li-ib-bi-ia#?
29. [...] li#-ri-ku _u4-mesz_ ba-la-t,e4-ia
30. [...] lu#-usz#-ba#-a# lit#-tu#-tu#
31. [...] x-ku li#-na#-ar# a-a-bi#
32. [...] x u2# il# x za x x x

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 x1002, 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: GMTR 4, 131 1,b, ex. 01

[DaRiva2008GMTR4] Da Riva, Rocío. 2008. The Neo-Babylonian Royal Inscriptions: An Introduction. Vol. 4. Guides to the Mesopotamian Textual Record.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 038696
Accession No.: 1881-11-12, 0580

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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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
2024-12-07 at 10:09:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-24 at 15:40:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-24 at 15:38:20	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 22:25:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2020-03-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Sources for Inscriptions of the Rulers of Babylonia (P519641) (P519641)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P519641) (P519641)
British Museum Collection (W_1880-1112-580_1) (W_1880-1112-580_1)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus x1002 composite (P519692)	View the score

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Cite this Artifacts

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus X1002, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P519641.

RINBE 2, Nabonidus x1002, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P519641). (2024, December 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P519641 (Original work published 2020)

RINBE 2, Nabonidus x1002, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P519641 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P519641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P519641},
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Cite this Artifacts

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus X1002, Ex. 01 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P519641.

RINBE 2, Nabonidus x1002, ex. 01 artifact entry (No. P519641). (2024, December 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P519641 (Original work published 2020)

RINBE 2, Nabonidus x1002, ex. 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P519641 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 7},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} x1002, ex. 01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P519641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P519641},
}

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