ABL 0418 (P240331)

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	P240331
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P240331

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	Sm 1028

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Sm.1028
The Babylonian Correspondence of Esarhaddon and Letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-šarru-iškun from Northern and Central Babylonia (SAAo/SAA18)	P240331
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P240331
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P240331
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P240331

References

primary: ABL, 0418

[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: PIHANS 69, 73

[Frame1992PIHANS69] Frame, Grant. 1992. Babylonia 689-627 B.C. A Political History. Vol. 69. Publications de l’Institut Historique-Archéologique Néerlandais de Stamboul .
history: AOS 6, 54 (no. 60)

[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: SAA 18, 14

[Reynolds2003SAA18] Reynolds S., Frances. 2003. The Babylonian Correspondence of Esarhaddon and Letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-Šarru-Iškun from Northern and Central Babylonia. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 18. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: RCAE 1, 1930, 290-291 (no. 418)

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-22 at 16:46:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-22 at 16:37:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:20:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 17:57:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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 18:44:07	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 0418 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P240331.

ABL 0418 artifact entry (No. P240331). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240331 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 0418 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240331 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240331},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“ABL 0418 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P240331.

ABL 0418 artifact entry (No. P240331). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240331 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 0418 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240331 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {ABL 0418 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P240331},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240331},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P240331
LB  - CDLI:P240331
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - ABL 0418 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P240331
ER  -