ABL 0402 (P237243)

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 (from the king))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P237243
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P237243

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	1883-01-18, 0031

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1883,0118.31
The Correspondence of Assurbanipal, Part I: Letters from Assyria, Babylonia, and Vassal States (SAAo/SAA21)	P237243
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P237243
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P237243
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P237243
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1883-0118-31

References

primary: ABL, 0402

[Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert Francis. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.
history: ASJ 7, p.139-156, p. 149

[Watanabe1985Briefe] Watanabe, Kazuko. 1985. “Die Briefe Der Neuassyrischen Könige.” Acta Sumerologica 7: 139–56.
history: RCAE 1, 1930, 278-279 (no. 402)

[Waterman1930RCAE1] Waterman, Leroy. 1930. Vol. 1. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire .

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-08 at 18:20:55	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
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	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
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 19:57:55	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“ABL 0402 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237243.

ABL 0402 artifact entry (No. P237243). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237243 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 0402 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237243 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“ABL 0402 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237243.

ABL 0402 artifact entry (No. P237243). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237243 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 0402 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237243 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	month = {jul 8},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237243},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237243},
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