BTT pl. 17, K 08515 (P397665)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

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)

Lexical, Literary (Tintir 5; fragment of a hymn to Marduk)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical, Literary (Tintir 5; fragment of a hymn to Marduk)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P397665
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P397665

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 08515

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.8515
DCCLT/Lexical Texts in the Royal Libraries at Nineveh (DCCLT/Nineveh)	P397665
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P397665
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P397665
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-8515

References

primary: George, BTT, pl. 17, K 08515

[George1992BTT] George, Andrew R. 1992. Babylonian Topographical Texts. Vol. 40. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta.

K 08515 & K 15122 are very probably reverse flakes of a single tablet
history: Iraq 36 (pp. 39-52), pl. 07, K 08515

[Gurney1974Iraq36] Gurney, Oliver R. 1974. “The Fifth Tablet of ‘The Topography of Babylon.’” Iraq 36: 39–52.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-21 at 13:39:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-15 at 18:13:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-28 at 18:37:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other 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 19:07:10	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 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		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

“BTT Pl. 17, K 08515 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P397665.

BTT pl. 17, K 08515 artifact entry (No. P397665). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397665 (Original work published 2010)

BTT pl. 17, K 08515 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397665 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397665},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397665},
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Cite this Artifact

“BTT Pl. 17, K 08515 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P397665.

BTT pl. 17, K 08515 artifact entry (No. P397665). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397665 (Original work published 2010)

BTT pl. 17, K 08515 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397665 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {BTT pl. 17, {K} 08515 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397665},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397665},
}

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M1  - 2026/10/30/
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