ABL 1106 (P237186)

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

Cite

Photo

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)

Letter (letter (to the king))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (letter (to the king))
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P237186
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P237186

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	1882-05-22, 0131

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1882,0522.131
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P237186
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0522-131

References

primary: ABL, 1106

[Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert F. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.
history: Dietrich Aramäer, 92, 93 178-181 (obv. 10-23), 180-181 (rev. 4-11, 12-14)

[Dietrich1970Aramaer] Dietrich, Manfried. 1970. Die Aramäer Südbabyloniens in Der Sargonidenzeit (700-648). Vol. 7. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
history: AJSL 28 (pp. 101-133), 108-109 (rev.)

[Klauber1912AJSL28] Klauber, Ernst Georg. 1912. “Zur Politik Und Kultur Der Sargonidenzeit. Untersuchungen Auf Grund Der Brieftexte.” American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 28 (2): 101–33.
history: cf. Frame, CRRAI 30, 1980, 261

[sec37652] N.d.
history: RCAE 2, 268-271 (no. 1106)

[Waterman1930RCAE2] Waterman, Leroy. 1930. Vol. 2. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-26 at 11:39:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-22 at 16:49:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-22 at 16:21:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:24:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 1106 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237186.

ABL 1106 artifact entry (No. P237186). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237186 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 1106 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237186 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 1106 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237186.

ABL 1106 artifact entry (No. P237186). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237186 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 1106 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237186 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 26},
	title = {ABL 1106 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237186},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237186},
}

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