ABL 0808 (P237687)

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, 0808

    [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: AOS 6, 151-152 (no. 206)

    [Pfeiffer1935AOS6] Pfeiffer, Robert H. 1935. State Letters of Assyria; a Transliteration and Translation of 355 Official Assyrian Letters Dating from the Sargonid Period (722-625 B.C.). Vol. 6. American Oriental Series.

  • history: SAA 18, 176

    [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: RCAE 2, 66-67 (no. 808)

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

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0113

  • 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 17:57:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40 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 19:57:55 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune 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 0808 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237687.
ABL 0808 artifact entry (No. P237687). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237687 (Original work published 2003)
ABL 0808 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237687 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 26},
	title = {ABL 0808 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237687},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237687},
}


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