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Nimrud Inscribed Objects Database

A catalogue of inscribed objects from Nimrud created by Christopher Walker and a group of volunteers at the British Museum.

You can view the catalogue's content here.

Key to catalogue fields

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In the Pager listing:

ID: A stable running number identifying the database record. Records may be added or deleted from this database, but each record ID stays unchanged. For instance ID 1104 always refers to the tablet ND 4342 = IM 67547 = CTN 4, 98. You can use this ID to link stably to the item view, whether in print or online, e.g., http://oracc.org/nimrud/ood/noid/1104.; The ID field also acts as a link to the Item View page, which contains more information about the artefact.
Designation: The excavation number of the artefact. Objects which do not have an excavation number are catalogued with designations such as Unnumbered tablet.
Description: A brief description of the artefact, e.g., writing board.
Location: Gives the current institional location of the artefact, where known, including museum number, e.g., Melbourne IA.5.034. See the pages on museums holding Nimrud objects for further details of each collection.
Publication: Gives a brief bibliography for each item. See the CDLI wiki for a list of abbreviations and the page on online resources for downloadable PDFs, etc., where available.

On the Item View page:

ND

The excavation number of the artefact, e.g., ND 453

ND2

Some Nimrud artefacts were given supplementary letters, e.g., ND 1106b. The supplementary letter is in the ND2 field.

In the pager, the ND and ND2 fields are combined to create the Designation field.

Location

Gives the current institional location of the artefact, where known, including museum number, e.g., Melbourne IA.5.034. Identical to the Location field in the pager.

Object

A brief classification of the type of artefact.

Material

The primary material(s) from which the artefact was made, e.g., ivory.

Provenance1

The primary archaeological locus where the artefact was found, usually a building or a room within a building. The main abbreviations are:

FS = Fort Shalmaneser
GP = Governor's Palace
NT = Nabu's temple
NWP = Northwest Palace
PD = soundings in the outer town, below the citadel
SEB = "South East Building", an area of Nabu's temple
TW = Town Wall
ZT(E/W) = Ziggurat Terrace (East/West)

Provenance2

More precise information on the artefact's archaeological findspot, where known.

Description

A brief description of the artefact, e.g., writing board. Identical to the Description field in the pager listing.

Dimensions

The measurements of the artefact, where known.

Publication

A brief bibliography for the artefact. Identical to the Publication field in the pager listing.

Date

Date BC of inscription, where known.

Please notify corrections to nimrud at oracc dot org.

Content last modified: 30 May 2014.