ABL 0349 (P240133)

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

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Metadata history

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)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P240133

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 Rm 0078

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) Rm.78
The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib (SAAo/SAA17) P240133
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P240133
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P240133
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo) P240133
British Museum Collection (BM) W_Rm-78

References

  • primary: ABL, 0349

    [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: AOAT 295, 457-458

    [Chamaza2002AOAT295] Chamaza, Vera. 2002. Die Omnipotenz Aššurs : Entwicklungen in Der Aššur-Theologie Unter Den Sargoniden Sargon II., Sanherib Und Asarhaddon. Vol. 295. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

  • history: SAA 17, 75

    [Dietrich2003SAA17] Dietrich, Manfried. 2003. The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 17. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

  • history: AOS 6, 57-58 (no. 64)

    [Pfeiffer1935AOS6] Pfeiffer, Robert H. 1935. State Letters of Assyria; a Transliteration and Translation of 355 Official Assyrian Letters Dating from the Sargonid Period (722-625 B.C.). Vol. 6. American Oriental Series.

  • history: RCAE 1, 1930, 242-243 (no. 349)

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

  • history: RCAE 4, pl. 8 (no. 349) (photo, obv. only)

    [Waterman1936RCAE4] Waterman, Leroy. 1936. Vol. 4. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-26 at 11:38:00 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:28:11 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:20:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-08 at 17:57:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-26 at 10:51:29 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:44:07 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 19:57:55 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“ABL 0349 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P240133.
ABL 0349 artifact entry (No. P240133). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240133 (Original work published 2003)
ABL 0349 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240133 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“ABL 0349 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P240133.
ABL 0349 artifact entry (No. P240133). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240133 (Original work published 2003)
ABL 0349 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240133 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240133},
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