BL 080 (P414122)

Ritual and liturgical 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)

Literary > Ritual and liturgical (Liturgy)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary > Ritual and liturgical (Liturgy)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P414122
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P414122

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	1879-07-08, 0070

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1879,0708.70
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P414122
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1879-0708-70

References

primary: BL, 080

[Langdon1913BL] Langdon, Stephen Herbert. 1913. Babylonian Liturgies : Sumerian Texts from the Early Period and from the Library of Ashurbanipal. Paris : Geuthner.
history: HES 2, p. 215 A

[Gabbay2015ErsemaPrayers] Gabbay, Uri. 2015. The Eršema Prayers of the First Millennium BC. Heidelberger Emesal-Studien 2. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-03 at 14:56:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-22 at 16:40:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-15 at 13:08:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-14 at 14:23:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-12 at 18:40:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-01 at 14:57:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 19:19:09	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-08-16 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BL 080 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414122.

BL 080 artifact entry (No. P414122). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414122 (Original work published 2010)

BL 080 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414122 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414122},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BL 080 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414122.

BL 080 artifact entry (No. P414122). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414122 (Original work published 2010)

BL 080 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414122 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

@misc{2025BL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 3},
	title = {BL 080 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414122},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414122},
}

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DA  - 2025/8/3/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P414122
LB  - CDLI:P414122
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - BL 080 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414122
ER  -