BA 10/1, 065 K 00879 (P237921)

Literary 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)

Literary (bil hymn)

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary (bil hymn)
Language(s)	Akkadian, Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P237921
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P237921

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	K 00879 + K 02769 + K 10527

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.10527 + K.2769 + K.879
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q007427
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P237921
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-879

References

history: BA 5/5, 531-712, p. 711-712 (K.2769)

[Macmillan1906tablets] Macmillan, Kerr D. 1906. Some Cuneiform Tablets Bearing on the Religion of Babylonian and Assyria. Beiträge Zur Assyriologie Und Semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, Band 5/5. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.
history: BA 10/1, 070-071 (K 02769) + Gray, Shamash Religious Texts pl. 08 (K 10527)

[Meek1913BA10/1] Meek, Theophile J. 1913. “Cuneiform Bilingual Hymns, Prayers and Penitential Psalms,” Beiträge zur Assyriologie (und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, 10 (1): 1–127.
history: Shamash, 10 & 23

[Schollmeyer1912Shamash] Schollmeyer, P. Anastasius. 1912. Sumerisch-Babylonische Hymnen Und Gebete an Šamaš. Paderborn : F. Schöningh.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-03 at 08:40:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 08:38:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-24 at 10:23:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-24 at 10:21:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-24 at 10:18:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36	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 Artifact

“BA 10/1, 065 K 00879 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237921.

BA 10/1, 065 K 00879 artifact entry (No. P237921). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237921 (Original work published 2003)

BA 10/1, 065 K 00879 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237921 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {BA 10/1, 065 {K} 00879 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237921},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237921},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BA 10/1, 065 K 00879 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237921.

BA 10/1, 065 K 00879 artifact entry (No. P237921). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237921 (Original work published 2003)

BA 10/1, 065 K 00879 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237921 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {BA 10/1, 065 {K} 00879 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237921},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237921},
}

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PY  - 2024
ID  - P237921
LB  - CDLI:P237921
M1  - 2026/6/13/
TI  - BA 10/1, 065 K 00879 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P237921
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