RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 13 (P519716)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VA Bab 04763

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

Witness

Text

object stele
surface a
column 1'
beginning broken
1'. [x x uh]-hi#?-iz
2'. [...] x _a ku_ x
3'. [...]-ta#?-szu2-nu
4'. [...] x-bir
5'. [...] _{lu2#}kur2_
6'. [...] x _ki_
7'. [...] x
8'. [...] ($ blank space $)
9'. [...]-ma#
10'. [...] ($ blank space $)
rest broken
column 2'
beginning broken
1'. {d#}marduk# u? {d}s,ar#?-pa#?-[ni-tum?]
2'. _en-mesz_-e-a u2-sze-pa
3'. 2(disz) _nig2-na ku3#-gi# husz-a_
4'. sza2 _min6 gu2_ 2(disz) _ma-na_
5'. ki#-ma si-ma-ti-szu2-nu
6'. resz-ta-a-ti
7'. u2-sze-pi-isz
8'. s,a#-lam? sza2#-ru#-ti-ia#
9'. mu#-ut-nen-nu-u2
10'. x x x x x
rest broken
column 3'
beginning broken
1'. u x [...]
2'. _e2_ [...]
3'. sza im# [...]
4'. a-di x [...]
5'. x x [...]
6'. _ka2#_ [...]
7'. ($ blank space $) [...]
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)

Collections

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Physical Information

Artifact type: Stela Artifact type comments:
stele
Material: Igneous rock > Diorite
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
stele

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 13

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: VA Bab 04763
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: BE 03684
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
Processional way, on the street; eastern side of the Kasr; eastern edge of the north mound wall

Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabonidus.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-26 at 10:23:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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
2020-03-16 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	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 (P519716) (P519716)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P519716) (P519716)

Composites

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

Composite	Score
RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04 composite (P518916)	View the score

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, Ex. 13 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P519716.

RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 13 artifact entry (No. P519716). (2024, June 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P519716 (Original work published 2020)

RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 13 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P519716 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

@misc{2024RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 26},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 04, ex. 13 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P519716},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P519716},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/26/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P519716
LB  - CDLI:P519716
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 13 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P519716
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, Ex. 13 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P519716.

RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 13 artifact entry (No. P519716). (2024, June 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P519716 (Original work published 2020)

RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 13 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P519716 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

@misc{2024RINBE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 26},
	title = {RINBE 2, {Nabonidus} 04, ex. 13 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P519716},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P519716},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/26/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P519716
LB  - CDLI:P519716
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - RINBE 2, Nabonidus 04, ex. 13 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P519716
ER  -