ABL 1379 (P334875)

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 099004

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	P334875
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P334875

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 099004
Accession Number	1904-10-09, 0033

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.99004
Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Priests to Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal (SAAo/SAA13)	P334875
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P334875
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P334875
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P334875
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1904-1009-33

References

primary: ABL, 1379

[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 13, 90

[Cole1998SAA13] Cole, Steven W., and Peter Machinist. 1998. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Priests to Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 13. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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

“ABL 1379 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P334875.

ABL 1379 artifact entry (No. P334875). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334875 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 1379 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334875 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334875},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“ABL 1379 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P334875.

ABL 1379 artifact entry (No. P334875). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334875 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 1379 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334875 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

@misc{2023ABL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {ABL 1379 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334875},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334875},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P334875
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - ABL 1379 artifact entry
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