BMS 50 (P394688)

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	P394688
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P394688

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 02808 + K 09490

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.2808 + K.9490
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (ORACC CASPo)	P394688
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P394688
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q005095
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P394688
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-9490
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (CASPo)	P394688.html

References

primary: BMS, 50

[King1896BMS] King, Leonard W. 1896. Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. Luzac & Co.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36	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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BMS 50 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394688.

BMS 50 artifact entry (No. P394688). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394688 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 50 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394688 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {BMS 50 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394688},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394688},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P394688
LB  - CDLI:P394688
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - BMS 50 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P394688
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BMS 50 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394688.

BMS 50 artifact entry (No. P394688). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394688 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 50 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394688 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).

@misc{2024BMS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {BMS 50 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394688},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394688},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P394688
LB  - CDLI:P394688
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - BMS 50 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P394688
ER  -