ABL 0796 (P237306)

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

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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

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ABL, 0796

    [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 10, 158

    [Parpola1993SAA10] Parpola, Simo. 1993. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 10. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

  • history: RMA, 274C

    [Thompson1900] Thompson, R. Campbell. 1900. The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon in the British Museum. London : Luzac.

  • history: RCAE 2, 58-59 (no. 796)

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

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: 1883-01-18, 0210

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-26 at 11:39:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:24:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:14:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:06:49 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:53:23 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ABL 0796  Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237306.
ABL 0796  artifact entry (No. P237306). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237306 (Original work published 2003)
ABL 0796  artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237306 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
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	month = {oct 26},
	title = {ABL 0796  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237306},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237306},
}


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