Wedge-writing,15-16 (P237720)

Prayer 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)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (acrostical hymn Babylon hymn)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Wedge-writing, ,15-16

    [Pinches1882Wedgewriting] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1882. Texts in the Babylonian Wedge-Writing. London : Offices of the Society of Biblical Archaeology.

  • history: Seux, Hymnes, 122-124

    [Seux1976Hymnes] Seux, Marie-Joseph. 1976. Hymnes et Prières Aux Dieux de Babylonie et d’Assyrie. Vol. 8. Littératures Anciennes Du Proche-Orient. Paris : Éditions du Cerf.

  • history: PSBA 17, 133-137

    [Strong1895PSBA17] Strong, S. Arthur. 1895. “On Some Babylonian and Assyrian Alliterative Texts.” Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 17: 131–51.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: DT 083

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-23 at 12:03:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-17 at 18:30:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-30 at 13:49:48 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
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing 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
“Wedge-Writing,15-16 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237720.
Wedge-writing,15-16 artifact entry (No. P237720). (2024, October 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237720 (Original work published 2003)
Wedge-writing,15-16 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237720 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 23},
	title = {Wedge-writing,15-16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237720},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237720},
}


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