BMS 10 (P238568)

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 (inc pr)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BMS, 10

    [King1896BMS] King, Leonard W. 1896. Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. Luzac & Co.

  • history: Shamash, 14

    [Schollmeyer1912Shamash] Schollmeyer, P. Anastasius. 1912. Sumerisch-Babylonische Hymnen Und Gebete an Šamaš. Paderborn : F. Schöningh.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 05980 + K 08746

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-03 at 08:40:34 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 08:38:48 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-25 at 15:57:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56 Lenzi, Alan Artifact Lenzi, Alan Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36 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 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune 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
“BMS 10 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238568.
BMS 10 artifact entry (No. P238568). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238568 (Original work published 2003)
BMS 10 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238568 (Accessed: May 21, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 3},
	title = {BMS 10 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238568},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238568},
}


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