ZA 004, 159 9 (P274543)

Lexical tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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)

Lexical (malku-sharru 1)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  (broken)
reverse
  (beginning broken)
1'. [...] = MIN<(%n et,lum)>
2'. [...] = ha-'-[ru?]
3'. [...]-x# = ha-sza2-[szu?]
4'. [...]-x# = kal-la-[tu?]
5'. [...]-x# = MIN<(kal-la-[tu?])>
6'. [ab]-du?# = ar-du
7'. [...] = MIN<(ar-du)>
8'. [...] = MIN<(ar-du)>
9'. [...]-tum?# = am-tu#
10'. [...]-ru# = ar-du am-tu?#
11'. [...] = ni-[szu?]
12'. [...] = MIN<(ni-[szu?])>
  (remainder broken)

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (malku-sharru 1)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P274543

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment (Surface: Fair)

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 05432b

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) K.5432.B
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P274543
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P274543
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P274543
British Museum Collection (BM) W_K-5432-b

References

  • primary: ZA 4 (pp. 153-162), 159 9

    [Jastrow1889ZA4] Jastrow, Morris. 1889. “Assyrian Vocabularies.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 4: 153–62.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-20 at 14:04:24 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
2023-07-05 at 18:44:07 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2008-05-26 at 04:51:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-09-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“ZA 004, 159 9 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P274543.
ZA 004, 159 9 artifact entry (No. P274543). (2024, May 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274543 (Original work published 2005)
ZA 004, 159 9 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274543 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {may 20},
	title = {ZA 004, 159 9 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274543},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“ZA 004, 159 9 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P274543.
ZA 004, 159 9 artifact entry (No. P274543). (2024, May 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274543 (Original work published 2005)
ZA 004, 159 9 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274543 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 20},
	title = {ZA 004, 159 9 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274543},
}


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DA  - 2024/5/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P274543
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M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - ZA 004, 159 9 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P274543
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