BMS 06 (P394195)

Prayer 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)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P394195
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P394195

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 02106 + K 02384 + K 03393 + K 06340 + K 07146 + K 08605 + K 08983 + K 09576 + K 09688 + K 09754 + K 11589 + K 12911 + K 13792 + K 13800

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.11589 + K.12911 + K.13792 + K.13800 + K.2106 + K.2384 + K.3393 + K.6340 + K.7146 + K.8605 + K.8983 + K.9576 + K.9688 + K.9754
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (ORACC CASPo)	P394195
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P394195
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P394195
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-8605
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (CASPo)	P394195.html

References

primary: BMS, 06

[King1896BMS] King, Leonard W. 1896. Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. Luzac & Co.
history: Ebeling Handerhebung, 168

[Ebeling1953Handerhebung] Ebeling, Erich. 1953. Die Akkadische Gebetsserie “Handerhebung.” Vol. 20. Veröffentlichung (Deutsche Akademie Der Wissenschaften Zu Berlin. Institut Für Orientforschung).
history: Shamash, 14

[Schollmeyer1912Shamash] Schollmeyer, P. Anastasius. 1912. Sumerisch-Babylonische Hymnen Und Gebete an Šamaš. Paderborn : F. Schöningh.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-14 at 10:35:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 08:40:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 08:38:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-25 at 15:57:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56	Lenzi, Alan	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan	Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	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
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		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
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BMS 06 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394195.

BMS 06 artifact entry (No. P394195). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394195 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 06 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394195 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {BMS 06 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394195},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394195},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BMS 06 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394195.

BMS 06 artifact entry (No. P394195). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394195 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 06 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394195 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

@misc{2024BMS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {BMS 06 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394195},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394195},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P394195
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - BMS 06 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P394195
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