OECT 06, pl. 21, K 05983 (P384970)

Tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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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)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P384970
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P384970

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	K 05983

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.5983
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P384970
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P384970
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-5983

References

primary: OECT 6, pl. 21, K. 5983

[Langdon1927OECT6] Langdon, Stephen Herbert. 1927. Babylonian Penitential Psalms to Which Are Added Fragments of the Epic of Creation from Kish in the Weld Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Excavated by the Oxford-Field Museum Expedition. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 6. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: HES 2, p. 198 B1

[Gabbay2015ErsemaPrayers] Gabbay, Uri. 2015. The Eršema Prayers of the First Millennium BC. Heidelberger Emesal-Studien 2. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-03 at 15:04:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2008-05-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Brumfield, Sara		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“OECT 06, Pl. 21, K 05983 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P384970.

OECT 06, pl. 21, K 05983 artifact entry (No. P384970). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P384970 (Original work published 2008)

OECT 06, pl. 21, K 05983 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P384970 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 3},
	title = {OECT 06, pl. 21, {K} 05983 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P384970},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P384970},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“OECT 06, Pl. 21, K 05983 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P384970.

OECT 06, pl. 21, K 05983 artifact entry (No. P384970). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P384970 (Original work published 2008)

OECT 06, pl. 21, K 05983 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P384970 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

@misc{2025OECT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 3},
	title = {OECT 06, pl. 21, {K} 05983 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P384970},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P384970},
}

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DA  - 2025/8/3/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P384970
LB  - CDLI:P384970
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - OECT 06, pl. 21, K 05983 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P384970
ER  -