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ABL 0524 (P237833)

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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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter (letter (to the king))
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: ABL, 0524

[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 17, 59

[Dietrich2003SAA17] Dietrich, Manfried. 2003. The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 17. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: AOS 6, 65-66 (no. 75)

[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: RCAE 1, 1930, 370-371 (no. 524)

[Waterman1930RCAE1] Waterman, Leroy. 1930. Vol. 1. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire .

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 00588

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-08 at 18:20:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 17:57:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 19:57:55	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.588) (K.588)
The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib (P237833) (P237833)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P237833) (P237833)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P237833) (P237833)
State Archives of Assyria Online (P237833) (P237833)
British Museum Collection (W_K-588) (W_K-588)

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Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 0524 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237833.

ABL 0524 artifact entry (No. P237833). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237833 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 0524 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237833 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

@misc{2024ABL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {ABL 0524 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237833},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237833},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P237833
LB  - CDLI:P237833
M1  - 2026/1/26/
TI  - ABL 0524 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P237833
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 0524 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237833.

ABL 0524 artifact entry (No. P237833). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237833 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 0524 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237833 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

@misc{2024ABL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {ABL 0524 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237833},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237833},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P237833
LB  - CDLI:P237833
M1  - 2026/1/26/
TI  - ABL 0524 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P237833
ER  -