Shurpu 3 q (P413977)

Prayer tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 10843

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Shurpu 3)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Shurpu 3)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P413977
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P413977

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 10843
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Bilinguals in Late Mesopotamian Scholarship (BLMS)	P413977
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P413977

References

primary: Shurpu, 3 q

[Reiner1958Shurpu] Reiner, Erica. 1958. Šurpu : A Collection of Sumerian and Akkadian Incantations. Vol. 11. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft. Graz : Im Selbstverlage des Herausgebers.
history: LKA, 66

[Ebeling1953LKA] Ebeling, Erich. 1953. Literarische Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.

(possibly latter is VAT 13843)
history: Köcher, MIO 2, 243-244

[KocherMIO2] Köcher, Franz. n.d. Mitteilungen Des Instituts Für Orientforschung.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-14 at 14:30:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 13:27:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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
2010-08-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Shurpu 3 q Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P413977.

Shurpu 3 q artifact entry (No. P413977). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413977 (Original work published 2010)

Shurpu 3 q artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413977 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413977},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Shurpu 3 q Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P413977.

Shurpu 3 q artifact entry (No. P413977). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413977 (Original work published 2010)

Shurpu 3 q artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413977 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {Shurpu 3 q artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413977},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413977},
}

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