BA 05, 644-645 (P451987)

Literary letter and letter-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)

Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (Liturgy; ETCSL 3.02.05 Letter from Sîn-iddinam to Utu (witness) (?))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary > Literary letter and letter-prayer (Liturgy; ETCSL 3.02.05 Letter from Sîn-iddinam to Utu (witness) (?))
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P451987 P414080 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P451987

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	1880-07-19, 0126

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1880,0719.126
Bilinguals in Late Mesopotamian Scholarship (BLMS)	P451987
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P451987
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P451987
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-0719-126

References

primary: BA 05 (pp. 531-712), 644-645

[Macmillan1906BA5] Macmillan, Kerr D. 1906. Some Cuneiform Tablets Bearing on the Religion of Babylonia and Assyria. Vol. 5. Beiträge Zur Assyriologie.
history: StMes 3 (pp. 1-89), 078-079

[Peterson2016StMes3] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2016. “The Literary Corpus of the Old Babylonian Larsa Dynasties.” Studia Mesopotamica 3: 1–89.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-01 at 15:31:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-01 at 15:29:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-17 at 15:09:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-17 at 15:06:59	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 19:29:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22	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
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2013-04-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BA 05, 644-645 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P451987.

BA 05, 644-645 artifact entry (No. P451987). (2024, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P451987 (Original work published 2013)

BA 05, 644-645 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P451987 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {BA 05, 644-645 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P451987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P451987},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BA 05, 644-645 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P451987.

BA 05, 644-645 artifact entry (No. P451987). (2024, July 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P451987 (Original work published 2013)

BA 05, 644-645 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P451987 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 1},
	title = {BA 05, 644-645 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P451987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P451987},
}

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