KAR 303+ (P500688)

Literary tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 09596 + VAT 12960

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Tukultī-Ninurta epic, witness D)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Witness

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary (Tukultī-Ninurta epic, witness D)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Tukultī-Ninurta1.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Composite Number	Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835)	needed	View the score

Record

20170812 cdliadmin: identifications provided by Andrea Ulshöfer

CDLI number	P500688
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P500688

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 09596 + VAT 12960
Accession Number

References

primary: KAR, 303

[Ebeling1919-1923KAR] Ebeling, Erich. 1919-1923. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur Religiösen Inhalts. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, Band 28 & 34. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.
primary: Jakob 2024 KAL 16, 05

[Jakob_2024_KAL16] Jakob, Stefan. 2024. Historisch-Epische Texte. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur Literarischen Inhalts 16. Vol. 163. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft. Harrassowitz.
history: + VAT 12960

[sec131900] N.d.
history: AfO 07, 281 (hand copy of VAT 09596 + 12960)

[Weidner1931/2AfO7] Weidner, Ernst F. 1931-1932. “Reviews of Books by R. Campbell Thompson and R. W. Hutchinson.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 7: 278–82.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-02-13 at 06:46:20	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2017-08-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“KAR 303+ Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P500688.

KAR 303+ artifact entry (No. P500688). (2025, February 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P500688 (Original work published 2017)

KAR 303+ artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P500688 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P500688},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“KAR 303+ Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P500688.

KAR 303+ artifact entry (No. P500688). (2025, February 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P500688 (Original work published 2017)

KAR 303+ artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P500688 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 13},
	title = {KAR 303+ artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P500688},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P500688},
}

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PY  - 2025
ID  - P500688
LB  - CDLI:P500688
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - KAR 303+ artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P500688
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