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BMS 24 + 25 (K 12922 + K 13296) (P396319)

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, 24 + 25 (K 12922 + K 13296)

[King1896BMS] King, Leonard W. 1896. Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. Luzac & Co.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 06018 + K 08958 + K 12922 + K 13296 + K 14704

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
2024-05-25 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 19:03:55	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.12922) (K.12922)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.13296) (K.13296)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.14704) (K.14704)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.6018) (K.6018)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.8958) (K.8958)
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (P396319) (P396319)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P396319) (P396319)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P396319) (P396319)
British Museum Collection (W_K-14704) (W_K-14704)
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (P396319.html) (P396319.html)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BMS 24 + 25 (K 12922 + K 13296) Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P396319.

BMS 24 + 25 (K 12922 + K 13296) artifact entry (No. P396319). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P396319 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 24 + 25 (K 12922 + K 13296) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P396319 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {BMS 24 + 25 ({K} 12922 + {K} 13296)  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P396319},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P396319},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BMS 24 + 25 (K 12922 + K 13296) Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P396319.

BMS 24 + 25 (K 12922 + K 13296) artifact entry (No. P396319). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P396319 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 24 + 25 (K 12922 + K 13296) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P396319 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

@misc{2024BMS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {BMS 24 + 25 ({K} 12922 + {K} 13296)  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P396319},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P396319},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P396319
LB  - CDLI:P396319
M1  - 2026/3/5/
TI  - BMS 24 + 25 (K 12922 + K 13296)  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P396319
ER  -