BL 121 + 188 (P238371)

Literary 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)

Literary (bil pr)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BL, 121 + 188

    [Langdon1913BL] Langdon, Stephen H. 1913. Babylonian Liturgies : Sumerian Texts from the Early Period and from the Library of Ashurbanipal. Paris : Geuthner.

  • history: Black, BiOr 44, 45 no. B 20

    [Black1987BiOr44] Black, Jeremy A. 1987. “Sumerian BALAG Compositions.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 44: 36–79.

    K.06099+ K.08728+ K.13412+ K.13949+ K.16931

  • history: CanLam, 401-412 (text B: K.06099

    [Cohen1988CanLam] Cohen, Mark E. 1988. The Canonical Lamentations of Ancient Mesopotamia. Potomac, Md : Capital Decisions.

  • history: Geers Heft C, p. 022 (K.05189)

    [GeersHeftC] Geers, Friedrich W. n.d. “Heft C.”

  • history: Geers Heft K, p. 015 (K.05171+05354)

    [GeersHeftK] Geers, Friedrich W. n.d. “Heft K.”

  • history: Hunger Kolophone, no. 476

    [Hunger1968Kolophone] Hunger, Hermann. 1968. Babylonische Und Assyrische Kolophone. Vol. 2. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament. Kevelaer : Butzon & Bercker ; Neukirchen-Vloyn : Neukirchener Verlag des Erziehungsvereins.

  • history: Fs Albright, p. 335-353, 353 (K.08728)

    [Lambert1971FsAlbright] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1971. “The Converse Tablet: A Litany with Musical Instructions.” In Near Eastern Studies in Honor of William Foxwell Albright, 335–53. Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins Press.

  • history: Herzberuhigungsklagen, 106 (K.05189)

    [Maul1988Herzberuhigungsklagen] Maul, Stefan M. 1988. “Herzberuhigungsklagen” : Die Sumerisch-Akkadischen Eršaḫunga-Gebete. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz.

  • history: text D: K.08728

    [sec39546] N.d.

  • history: text F: K.13949), 413-417 (text B: K.13412)

    [sec39547] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 05168 + K 05171 + K 05189 + K 05354 + K 06099 + K 08728 + K 10728 + K 11219 + K 13412 + K 13935 + K 13949 + K 16931

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-15 at 14:05:29 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-15 at 14:03:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-15 at 10:03:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 16:40:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-15 at 13:08:48 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-14 at 14:23:24 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-12 at 18:40:54 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:32:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:31:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-01 at 18:19:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-01 at 14:57:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-23 at 12:42:19 Willighagen, Lars Artifact Willighagen, Lars Willighagen, Lars approved View
2024-05-21 at 23:43:19 Willighagen, Lars Artifact, Other Entity Willighagen, Lars Willighagen, Lars approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 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
“BL 121 + 188 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238371.
BL 121 + 188 artifact entry (No. P238371). (2024, September 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238371 (Original work published 2003)
BL 121 + 188 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238371 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 15},
	title = {BL 121 + 188 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238371},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238371},
}


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