K 08637 (P238749)

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)

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Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x-[...]
2'. [...] x-x-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [x x] x x [...]
2'. [...] _nig2 ha-lam-ma_ [...]
3'. [ana _esz-bar an-ge6_ ka-la-ma _an-ta kan4 ki-ta_ iz-ku _mul-mesz] en-nun-ga2?-mesz an-ge6_ sin# [_igi_-ka]
  dupl. has _en-nun-mesz_
4'. [_1(disz) ud-da_ sin ana sza gi-ne-e ud-du-mat _iti-bi an-ge6_ u2-kal _1(disz) ud-da utu3_ ana sza gi-ne-e] ud#-du-mat _iti-bi an-ge6#_ [u2-kal]
5'. [...] an-ni-a-am mu-du-u2 x [...]
6'. [...]-lil# la mu-du-u2 a#-[a i-...]
7'. [ta-mi-a-tum an-ni-a-tum e-nu-ma sin mit-lu-uk-ta-szu isz]-ku-nu _dingir-mesz_ sza _an_-e [u _ki_-tim]
8'. [ep-szet a-me-lu-ti tu-bu-ul-szu2-nu i-szi-im-ma] _an#-ge6_ ri-ih-s,u mu-tum _gal5-la2#-[mesz gal-mesz]_
9'. [_{d}imin-bi_ ma-har sin] ip-ta-nar-ri-[ku]
10'. [ki-i pi-i _{gesz}le-u5-um_ sza _mu n-kam_ ...] _lugal_ babila{ki} sza {d}ag-i-x-[x _in-sar_]
  cf. F. Rochberg-Halton, Lunar Eclipse Tablets 216 S rev. 58 (with n. 5), where the colophon mentions 11th year of Adad-apla-iddina
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: AfO 50 (pp. 111-149), -2004) 111-149

    [Fincke2003AfO50] Fincke, Jeanette C. 2003-2004. “The Babylonian Texts of Nineveh.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 50: 111–49.

  • history: Geers Heft A, p. 019

    [GeersHeftA] Geers, Friedrich W. n.d. “Heft A.”

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 08637

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-10 at 13:43:04 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-22 at 12:42:39 Willighagen, Lars Artifact, Other Entity Willighagen, Lars Willighagen, Lars approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2013-11-16 at 09:52:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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CDLI Notes:

20131115 stadhouders: hitherto unrecognized copy of EAE, tablet 20. Almost entirely lost but for the so-called additional sections that conclude this chapter of the series in the Babylonian recension, rev. 3'-7': duplicate F. Rochberg-Halton, Lunar Eclips

Cite this Artifact
“K 08637 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 10, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238749.
K 08637 artifact entry (No. P238749). (2024, August 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238749 (Original work published 2003)
K 08637 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238749 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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