BL 175 (P238234)

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)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P238234
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P238234

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	K 03001

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.3001
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P238234
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-3001

References

primary: BL, 175

[Langdon1913BL] Langdon, Stephen H. 1913. Babylonian Liturgies : Sumerian Texts from the Early Period and from the Library of Ashurbanipal. Paris : Geuthner.
history: Black, BiOr 44, 54 (no. 52)

[Black1987BiOr44] Black, Jeremy A. 1987. “Sumerian BALAG Compositions.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 44: 36–79.
history: CanLam, 604-636 (text F)

[Cohen1988CanLam] Cohen, Mark E. 1988. The Canonical Lamentations of Ancient Mesopotamia. Potomac, Md : Capital Decisions.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-15 at 10:03:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-22 at 16:40:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-15 at 13:08:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-14 at 14:23:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-12 at 18:40:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:32:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:31:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-01 at 14:57:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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

“BL 175 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238234.

BL 175 artifact entry (No. P238234). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238234 (Original work published 2003)

BL 175 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238234 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {BL 175 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238234},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238234},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BL 175 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238234.

BL 175 artifact entry (No. P238234). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238234 (Original work published 2003)

BL 175 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238234 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

@misc{2024BL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {BL 175 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238234},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238234},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/15/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P238234
LB  - CDLI:P238234
M1  - 2026/4/16/
TI  - BL 175 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P238234
ER  -