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BMS 28 (P394959)

Prayer tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Prayer
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BMS, 28

[King1896BMS] King, Leonard W. 1896. Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. Luzac & Co.
history: BBR, pl. 45 (Sm 0898)

[Zimmern1901BBR] Zimmern, Heinrich. 1901. Beiträge Zur Kenntnis Der Babylonischen Religion. Vol. 12. Assyriologische Bibliothek. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 03355 + K 05873 + K 06639 + K 08953 + K 08987 + K 11549 + K 13815 + Sm 0324

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-09 at 10:48:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-25 at 15:57:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56	Lenzi, Alan	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan	Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.11549) (K.11549)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.13815) (K.13815)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.3355) (K.3355)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.5873) (K.5873)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.6639) (K.6639)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.8953) (K.8953)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.8987) (K.8987)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Sm.324) (Sm.324)
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (P394959) (P394959)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P394959) (P394959)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P394959) (P394959)
British Museum Collection (W_K-11549) (W_K-11549)
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (P394959.html) (P394959.html)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BMS 28 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394959.

BMS 28 artifact entry (No. P394959). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394959 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 28 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394959 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

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	month = {aug 9},
	title = {BMS 28 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394959},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394959},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BMS 28 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394959.

BMS 28 artifact entry (No. P394959). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394959 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 28 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394959 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

@misc{2024BMS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {BMS 28 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394959},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394959},
}

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DA  - 2024/8/9/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P394959
M1  - 2026/3/14/
TI  - BMS 28 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P394959
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