ABL 1091 (P236909)

Letter 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)

Letter (letter (to the king))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has fragments

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (letter (to the king))
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

P236909 leadP236909 lead

CDLI number	P236909 P451962 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P236909

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	Fragmented

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 21923 + 1880-07-19, 0028

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1880,0719.28
The Babylonian Correspondence of Esarhaddon and Letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-šarru-iškun from Northern and Central Babylonia (SAAo/SAA18)	P236909
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P236909
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P236909
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P236909

References

primary: ABL, 1091

[Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert F. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.
history: SAA 18, 100

[Reynolds2003SAA18] Reynolds S., Frances. 2003. The Babylonian Correspondence of Esarhaddon and Letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-Šarru-Iškun from Northern and Central Babylonia. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 18. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: Parpola, CRRAI 26, 1980, 171-182

[sec37343] N.d.
history: Jones, Christopher W., NABU 2019/053

[sec37345] N.d.
history: RCAE 2, 256-257 (no. 1091)

[Waterman1930RCAE2] Waterman, Leroy. 1930. Vol. 2. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-26 at 11:39:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:24:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 19:57:55	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 1091 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P236909.

ABL 1091 artifact entry (No. P236909). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P236909 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 1091 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P236909 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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	month = {oct 26},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P236909},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P236909},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 1091 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P236909.

ABL 1091 artifact entry (No. P236909). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P236909 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 1091 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P236909 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 26},
	title = {ABL 1091 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P236909},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P236909},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - ABL 1091 artifact entry
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