BM 036361 (P349848)

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 036361

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (malku-sharru 1 "Sammeltafel" fragment, rev. = ms 3)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. er#-bu#-u2# kib#-ra#-a#-tum# = [...]
  in 1st sub col.: tum# = initial lower horizontal wedge head visible at right break
2'. ad-na-tum = [...]
3'. un-na-tum = [...]
4'. da-ad-mu = [...]
5'. ma-ti-ta-a-an = [...]
6'. da-ad-mu = [...]
7'. u2-ru = [...]
8'. ki-URU2-ru = [...]
  in 1st sub col.: RU not written as gloss; perhaps read: ki-urx-ru
9'. ki-szur-ru-u2 = [...]
10'. [x]-x-x = [...]
  in 1st sub col.; 1st x = upper portion of winkelhaken; perhaps read: [ma]-ha#-zu?#
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. sa#-[di-du] = [x]
2'. i-na szu#-['-u2?-ti] = [...]
3'. lum!(AZ)-[man] = [...]
  in 1st sub col.: Finkel's copy & photo show AZ-like sign, something like LUMxZA
4'. sur#-[ru?] = [x]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (malku-sharru 1 "Sammeltafel" fragment, rev. = ms 3) School text
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P349848

Physical information

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 036361
Accession Number 1880-06-17, 0087

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.36361
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P349848
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P349848
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1880-0617-87

References

  • history: AOAT 275, 672

    [Gesche2000AOAT275] Gesche, Petra D. 2000. Schulunterricht in Babylonien Im Ersten Jahrtausend Vor Christus. Vol. 275. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

  • history: AOAT 50, pl. 4

    [Hrusa2010AOAT50] Hrůša, Ivan. 2010. Die Akkadische Synonymenliste, Malku = Šarru : Eine Textedition Mit Übersetzung Und Kommentar. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament 50. Münster : Ugarit-Verlag.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-09-15 at 09:29:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-04-18 at 10:48:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-04-18 at 10:17:33 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-03-16 at 19:53:08 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 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 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-10-27 at 09:15:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-04-18 at 17:44:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 05:28:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-07-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 036361 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P349848.
BM 036361 artifact entry (No. P349848). (2025, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P349848 (Original work published 2005)
BM 036361 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P349848 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BM 036361 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P349848},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P349848},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BM 036361 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P349848.
BM 036361 artifact entry (No. P349848). (2025, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P349848 (Original work published 2005)
BM 036361 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P349848 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BM 036361 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P349848},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P349848},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/9/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P349848
LB  - CDLI:P349848
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - BM 036361 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P349848
ER  -
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