BL 149 (P240170)

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, Sumerian

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BL, 149

[Langdon1913BL] Langdon, Stephen H. 1913. Babylonian Liturgies : Sumerian Texts from the Early Period and from the Library of Ashurbanipal. Paris : Geuthner.
history: Herzberuhigungsklagen, 97-106 (Ershahunga n 4)

[Maul1988Herzberuhigungsklagen] Maul, Stefan M. 1988. “Herzberuhigungsklagen” : Die Sumerisch-Akkadischen Eršaḫunga-Gebete. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz.
history: BA 10/1, 120 (text 40)

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: Rm 0514

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-22 at 16:40:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-15 at 13:08:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-14 at 14:23:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-12 at 18:40:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-01 at 18:19:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-01 at 14:57:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-24 at 10:23:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-24 at 10:21:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-24 at 10:18:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:44:07	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 09:44:24	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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (Rm.514) (Rm.514)
Bilinguals in Late Mesopotamian Scholarship (P240170) (P240170)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P240170) (P240170)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P240170) (P240170)
British Museum Collection (W_Rm-514) (W_Rm-514)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BL 149 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P240170.

BL 149 artifact entry (No. P240170). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240170 (Original work published 2003)

BL 149 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240170 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {BL 149 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P240170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240170},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BL 149 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P240170.

BL 149 artifact entry (No. P240170). (2024, July 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240170 (Original work published 2003)

BL 149 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240170 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

@misc{2024BL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 22},
	title = {BL 149 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P240170},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240170},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P240170
LB  - CDLI:P240170
M1  - 2026/2/11/
TI  - BL 149 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P240170
ER  -