ABL 0458 (P237981)

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

Cite

Photo

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

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P237981
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P237981

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 01122

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.1122
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P237981
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-1122

References

primary: ABL, 0458

[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: AOAT 242, 257-259

[deVaan1995AOAT242] Vaan, J. M. C. T. de. 1995. “Ich Bin Eine Schwertklinge Des Königs” : Die Sprache Des Bēl-Ibni. Vol. 242. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
history: AOS 6, 81 (no. 98)

[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, 318-319 (no. 458)

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

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
2024-06-26 at 10:45:07	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
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	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

Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 0458 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237981.

ABL 0458 artifact entry (No. P237981). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237981 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 0458 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237981 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 0458 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237981.

ABL 0458 artifact entry (No. P237981). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237981 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 0458 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237981 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	month = {jul 8},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237981},
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