ABL 1176 (P334772)

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	P334772
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P334772

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	Rm 0068

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Rm.68
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (SAAo/SAA05)	P334772
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P334772
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P334772
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P334772
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Rm-68

References

primary: ABL, 1176

[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: SAA 5, 54

[Lanfranchi1990SAA5] Lanfranchi, Giovanni B., and Simo Parpola. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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 18:51:02	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

“ABL 1176 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P334772.

ABL 1176 artifact entry (No. P334772). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334772 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 1176 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334772 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {ABL 1176 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334772},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334772},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“ABL 1176 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P334772.

ABL 1176 artifact entry (No. P334772). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334772 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 1176 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334772 (Accessed: October 16, 2026).

@misc{2023ABL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {ABL 1176 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334772},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334772},
}

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DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P334772
LB  - CDLI:P334772
M1  - 2026/10/16/
TI  - ABL 1176 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P334772
ER  -