ABL 1102 (P237182)

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

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

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

CDLI number	P237182
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P237182

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

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	1882-05-22, 0116

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1882,0522.116
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P237182
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0522-116

References

primary: ABL, 1102

[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: AOAT 242, 298-300

[deVaan1995AOAT242] Vaan, J. M. C. T. de. 1995. “Ich Bin Eine Schwertklinge Des Königs” : Die Sprache Des Bēl-Ibni. Vol. 242. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
history: RCAE 2, 264-265 (no. 1102)

[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
2024-06-26 at 10:45:07	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 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	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 1102 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237182.

ABL 1102 artifact entry (No. P237182). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237182 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 1102 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237182 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 1102 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237182.

ABL 1102 artifact entry (No. P237182). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237182 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 1102 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237182 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 26},
	title = {ABL 1102 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237182},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237182},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - ABL 1102 artifact entry
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