BA 05, 663 (P238719)

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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Metadata history

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, Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (bil pr)
Language(s) Akkadian, Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P238719

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 05160 + K 08399 + K 08733 + K 10077 + K 10270 + K 13951 + K 18711

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) K.10077 + K.13951 + K.8399
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P238719
British Museum Collection (BM) W_K-13951

References

  • primary: BA 05 (pp. 531-712), 663

    [Macmillan1906BA5] Macmillan, Kerr D. 1906. Some Cuneiform Tablets Bearing on the Religion of Babylonia and Assyria. Vol. 5. Beiträge Zur Assyriologie.

  • history: CanLam, 479-499 (text K: K.13951, text N: K.08399)

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

  • history: CLAM , p. 826 (K 10077); p. 829 (K 13951); pl. 11 (K 10270 rev.)

    [Cohen1988CLAM] Cohen, Mark E. 1988. The Canonical Lamentations of Ancient Mesopotamia. Potomac, Md : Capital Decisions.

  • history: HES 2, p. 110 IB

    [Gabbay2015EršemaPrayers] Gabbay, Uri. 2015. The Eršema Prayers of the First Millennium BC. Heidelberger Emesal-Studien 2. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag.

  • history: Geers Heft F, p. 075 (K.13951)

    [GeersHeftF] Geers, Friedrich W. n.d. “Heft F.”

  • history: Geers Heft K, p. 017 (K.10007)

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

  • history: Geers Heft M, p. 115 (K.10270)

    [GeersHeftM] Geers, Friedrich W. n.d. “Heft M.”

  • history: Fs Albright, p. 335-353, 353 (K.13951)

    [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, 366-369 (Es'h n 115)

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

  • history: BA 10/1, pp. 75-76 no. 4a (K 5160); pp. 101-102 no. 22 (K 06063)

    [Meek1913BA10/1] Meek, Theophile J. 1913. “Cuneiform Bilingual Hymns, Prayers and Penitential Psalms,” Beiträge zur Assyriologie (und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, 10 (1): 1–127.

  • history: BA 5.5, 663 (no. XXI: K.08399)

    [sec39931] N.d.

  • history: Witzel, AnOr 10, 1935, 214-217

    [sec39937] N.d.

  • history: Cohen, Erszemma, 1981, 9 n. 43, 29-33 (rev. only

    [sec39938] N.d.

  • history: text B)

    [sec39939] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-08-03 at 13:38:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-08-03 at 13:36:31 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:32:53 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:31:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-01 at 15:31:04 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-01 at 15:29:14 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-24 at 10:23:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-24 at 10:21:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-24 at 10:18:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-23 at 11:52:40 Willighagen, Lars Artifact metadata, Other metadata Willighagen, Lars Willighagen, Lars Approved View
2024-05-23 at 11:51:56 Willighagen, Lars Artifact metadata Willighagen, Lars Willighagen, Lars Approved View
2024-05-22 at 12:20:10 Willighagen, Lars Artifact metadata, Other metadata Willighagen, Lars Willighagen, Lars Approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BA 05, 663 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P238719.
BA 05, 663 artifact entry (No. P238719). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238719 (Original work published 2003)
BA 05, 663 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238719 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238719},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BA 05, 663 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P238719.
BA 05, 663 artifact entry (No. P238719). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238719 (Original work published 2003)
BA 05, 663 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238719 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238719},
}


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