This open-access sub-project of the Royal Inscriptions of Babylonia online (RIBo) Project [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/] is intended to present up-to-date score editions of some of the officially commissioned texts of the six kings of the Neo-Babylonian Dynasty (625-539 BC). Although there are numerous official inscriptions of these rulers that are known from more than one exemplar, it is not the policy of the RIBo Project to provide complete transliterations of all exemplars in the style of musical scores for texts written or stamped on bricks or for seal inscriptions. Therefore, scores are given only for inscriptions written on other types of material supports, especially clay cylinders.
Further details about scope of RIBo [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/abouttheproject/index.html] and its "Babylon 7" [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon7/abouttheproject/index.html] sub-project can be found on those two sites' "About the Project" pages; click on the above links to open those pages.
This website was created as part of the research project Official Inscriptions of the Middle East in Antiquity (OIMEA), whose funding is provided by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (through the establishment of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair for Ancient History of the Near and Middle East [http://www.ag.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/lehrstuehle/ls_radner/index.html]) and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte). The project began in late 2015 and Phase 1 of the website was made available in early 2016. The "Babylon 7" Scores sub-project of RIBo [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/] is intended to be a long term endeavor since there is much work to do and finish before we have reached our primary objects. Please bear with us as we expand, improve, and refine our content.
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Novotny Jamie
Novotny Jamie, 'About the Project', RIBo, Babylon 7 Scores: Scores of the Inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Dynasty, The RIBo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2023 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/bab7scores/abouttheproject/]