SAA 08, 128 (P334580)

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

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P334580
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P334580

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	1883-01-18, 0192

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1883,0118.192
Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (SAAo/SAA08)	P334580
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P334580
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P334580
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P334580
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1883-0118-192

References

primary: SAA 8, 128

[Hunger1992SAA8] Hunger, Hermann. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: ABL, 0827

[Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert Francis. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-11-02 at 19:40:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-11-02 at 11:09:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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 18:46:41	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:53:23	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-09-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SAA 08, 128 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P334580.

SAA 08, 128 artifact entry (No. P334580). (2026, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334580 (Original work published 2006)

SAA 08, 128 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334580 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334580},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“SAA 08, 128 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P334580.

SAA 08, 128 artifact entry (No. P334580). (2026, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334580 (Original work published 2006)

SAA 08, 128 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334580 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-04]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {nov 2},
	title = {SAA 08, 128 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334580},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334580},
}

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