RA 017, 161 (P238817)

Lexical 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)

Lexical (explanatory)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (explanatory)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P238817
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P238817

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 08894

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.8894
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P238817
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P238817
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P238817
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-8894

References

primary: RA 17 (pp. 117-206), 161

[Meek1920RA17] Meek, Theophile J. 1920. “Some Explanatory Lists and Grammatical Texts.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 17 (3): 117–206.
history: MSL 7, 1959, 121 (text C), 122-155

[Civil1959MSL7] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1959. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets VIII-XII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 7. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-05-24 at 09:38:36	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
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		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

“RA 017, 161 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238817.

RA 017, 161 artifact entry (No. P238817). (2024, May 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238817 (Original work published 2003)

RA 017, 161 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238817 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {may 24},
	title = {RA 017, 161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238817},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238817},
}

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TI  - RA 017, 161 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“RA 017, 161 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238817.

RA 017, 161 artifact entry (No. P238817). (2024, May 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238817 (Original work published 2003)

RA 017, 161 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238817 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2024RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 24},
	title = {RA 017, 161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238817},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238817},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/24/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P238817
LB  - CDLI:P238817
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - RA 017, 161 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P238817
ER  -