ABL 1373 (P237537)

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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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 098986

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)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P237537

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 098986
Accession Number 1904-10-09, 0015

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.98986
Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (SAAo/SAA10) P237537
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P237537
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P237537
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo) P237537
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1904-1009-15

References

  • primary: ABL, 1373

    [Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert Francis. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.

  • history: Dietrich Aramäer, 65, 144-145 (obv. 6-9)

    [Dietrich1970Aramaer] Dietrich, Manfried. 1970. Die Aramäer Südbabyloniens in Der Sargonidenzeit (700-648). Vol. 7. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

  • history: SAA 10, 110

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

  • history: RCAE 2, 456-459 (no. 1373)

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-26 at 11:39:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-22 at 16:49:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-22 at 14:50:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:24:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:53:23 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“ABL 1373 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237537.
ABL 1373 artifact entry (No. P237537). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237537 (Original work published 2003)
ABL 1373 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237537 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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	month = {oct 26},
	title = {ABL 1373 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237537},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237537},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“ABL 1373 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237537.
ABL 1373 artifact entry (No. P237537). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237537 (Original work published 2003)
ABL 1373 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237537 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-10]},
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	month = {oct 26},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237537},
}


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