BM 036489 (P349849)

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 036489

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (malku-sharru 3)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet fragment
obverse
  (beginning broken)
1'. [ap-luh]-tum# = [...]
2'. [ba]-ra#-hu = na-[sza2-qu]
3'. [ha-ba]-bi = MIN<(na-[sza2-qu])>
4'. [musz-te]-'#-u2 = ha-[za-a?-nu]
5'. [mu?-hap]-pu#-u2 = MIN<(ha-[za-a?-nu])>
6'. [mur?]-ta#-mu = szu-ta-[mu-u2?]
7'. [sza2]-ha#-t,u = re-hu-[u2]
8'. [la]-ma#-du = na-a-[ku]
9'. [ga-ra]-szu = MIN<(na-a-[ku])>
10'. [e-gu]-u2 = MIN<(na-a-[ku])>
11'. [ba]-a#-tum# = u2-tu-[lu]
12'. [szur]-bu#-bu = MIN<(u2-tu-[lu])>
13'. [x]-pa#-tum = mu-szi-tum#
14'. [hup2]-hup2#-pu = mu-szi#
15'. [...]-tum = kal mu-szi
16'. [...]-tum = s,a-la-lu#
17'. [... mu]-szi# = szu#-ut-tum#
  (remainder broken)
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (malku-sharru 3) School text
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P349849

Physical information

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 036489
Accession Number 1880-06-17, 0216

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.36489
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P349849
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P349849
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1880-0617-216

References

  • history: AOAT 275, 674

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

  • history: AOAT 50, pl. 10

    [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
2008-05-26 at 05:29:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-08-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BM 036489 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P349849.
BM 036489 artifact entry (No. P349849). (2025, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P349849 (Original work published 2006)
BM 036489 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P349849 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P349849},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BM 036489 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P349849.
BM 036489 artifact entry (No. P349849). (2025, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P349849 (Original work published 2006)
BM 036489 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P349849 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 15},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P349849},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P349849},
}


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PY  - 2025
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TI  - BM 036489 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P349849
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