ABL 0698 (P240311)

Letter 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)

Letter (letter (to the king))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ABL, 0698

    [Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert F. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.

  • history: AOAT 295, 287

    [Chamaza2002AOAT295] Chamaza, Vera. 2002. Die Omnipotenz Aššurs : Entwicklungen in Der Aššur-Theologie Unter Den Sargoniden Sargon II., Sanherib Und Asarhaddon. Vol. 295. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

  • history: SAA 17, 29

    [Dietrich2003SAA17] Dietrich, Manfried. 2003. The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 17. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

  • history: RCAE 1, 1930, 478-479 (no. 698)

    [Waterman1930RCAE1] Waterman, Leroy. 1930. Vol. 1. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire .

  • history: RCAE 4, pl. 13 (no. 698) (photo, obv. only)

    [Waterman1936RCAE4] Waterman, Leroy. 1936. Vol. 4. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: Sm 0764 + Sm 1650

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-26 at 11:38:00 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:28:11 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:20:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-26 at 10:51:29 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:44:07 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 19:57:55 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie 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
“ABL 0698 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P240311.
ABL 0698 artifact entry (No. P240311). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240311 (Original work published 2003)
ABL 0698 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240311 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	month = {oct 26},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P240311},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240311},
}


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