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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 02 (P519705)

Official or display stela excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VA Bab 04177b

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Stela

Material(s)

Igneous rock > Diorite

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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Witness

object stele
surface a
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ($ blank space $) [...]
2'. [...] x ad-da# [...]
3'. [...]-an-ni-szu2-nu [...]
4'. [x sza2? mu?-dam]-mi#-qu te#-[re-ti-ia x x]
5'. [...]-tum# [...]
  rest 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)

  • Artifact type: Stela Artifact type comments:

    stele

  • Material: Igneous rock > Diorite
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  • Artifact comments:

    stele

  • primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 02

    [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, 3.08

    [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.: VA Bab 04177b
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  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Excavation No: BE 00651
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  • Findspot Comments:

    Processional way, on the street, eastern side of the Kasr, eastern edge of the north mound wall

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-26 at 10:23:14 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
2023-02-16 at 22:29:40 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-03-27 at 16:08:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2020-03-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact 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 04 composite (P518916) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, Ex. 02 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P519705.
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 02 artifact entry (No. P519705). (2024, June 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P519705 (Original work published 2020)
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 02 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P519705 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).
@misc{2024RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 26},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 04, ex. 02 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P519705},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P519705},
}


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