ABL 1278 (P237937)

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 (report hem)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ABL, 1278

    [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: If a city, 10 n. 37

    [Freedman1998IfaCity] Freedman, Sally M. 1998. If a City Is Set on a Height: The Akkadian Omen Series Šumma Ālu Ina Mēlê Šakin. Vol. 17. Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund. Philadelphia.

  • history: Parpola, LAS, 340

    [Parpola1970-1983LAS] Parpola, Simo. 1970-1983. Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. Part i: Texts. Part II: Commentary and Appendices. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament, Band 5/1-2. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag.

  • history: SAA 10, 183

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

  • history: AOS 6, 230-231 (no. 339)

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 00915

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-08 at 17:57:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-20 at 18:41:15 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-20 at 18:38:52 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-20 at 18:37:31 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40 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
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:53:23 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie 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
“ABL 1278 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237937.
ABL 1278 artifact entry (No. P237937). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237937 (Original work published 2003)
ABL 1278 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237937 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {ABL 1278 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237937},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237937},
}


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