BMS 04 K 10729 dupl. (P394706)

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

Has fragments

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

20170621 lenzi: cf. Mayer, Werner. Studia Pohl SM 5 (1976) 455-457Leichty, CTCK p. 65Leichty, CTCK p. 65

CDLI number	P394706 P395590 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P394706

Physical information

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

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 02831

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.2831
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (ORACC CASPo)	P394706
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P394706
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P394706
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-2831
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (CASPo)	P394706.html

References

primary: BMS, 04 K 10729 dupl.

[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
2023-08-19 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
2023-06-01 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 04 K 10729 Dupl. Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394706.

BMS 04 K 10729 dupl. artifact entry (No. P394706). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394706 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 04 K 10729 dupl. artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394706 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394706},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BMS 04 K 10729 Dupl. Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394706.

BMS 04 K 10729 dupl. artifact entry (No. P394706). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394706 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 04 K 10729 dupl. artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394706 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {BMS 04 {K} 10729 dupl. artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394706},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394706},
}

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