ABL 1255 (P237652)
Letter tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
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TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Letter (letter (to the king))Language(s)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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primary: ABL, 1255
[Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert F. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.
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history: Dietrich Aramäer, Aramäer, 1970, 43-45, 154-155 (obv. 22 - rev. 21)
[Dietrich1970Aramaer] Dietrich, Manfried. 1970. Die Aramäer Südbabyloniens in Der Sargonidenzeit (700-648). Vol. 7. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
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history: PIHANS 69, 86-87
[Frame1992PIHANS69] Frame, Grant. 1992. Babylonia 689-627 B.C. A Political History. Vol. 69. Publications de l’Institut Historique-Archéologique Néerlandais de Stamboul .
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history: SAA 18, 54
[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.
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history: RCAE 2, 372-375 (no. 1255)
[Waterman1930RCAE2] Waterman, Leroy. 1930. Vol. 2. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire.
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- Accession No.: 1889-04-26 Bu, 0164
- Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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- Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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| 2024-10-26 at 11:39:20 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-22 at 16:49:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-22 at 16:46:23 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-22 at 16:37:16 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-22 at 14:50:41 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-08 at 18:24:20 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-07 at 13:44:40 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-06-01 at 19:57:55 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Novotny, Jamie | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine | CDLI | Approved |
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note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
year = {2024},
month = {oct 26},
title = {ABL 1255 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P237652},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237652},
}
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