KAR 135+ (P282609)

Literary tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Photo

Lineart

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 09583 + VAT 09936 +? VAT 10113 (+) VAT 09978

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Middle Assyrian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary
Language(s)	Middle Assyrian

Chronology

Period	Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P282609 P369112 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P282609

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Archive	Assur N1
Excavation Number	Ass 04489n (+) Ass 04585f + Ass 04604n + Ass 06342
Findspot	N1, 70
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 09583 + VAT 09936 +? VAT 10113 (+) VAT 09978
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Assyrian Royal Rituals and Cultic Texts (SAAo/SAA20)	P282609
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P282609
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P282609
Text Corpus of Middle Assyrian (TCMA)	P282609

References

primary: KAR, 135 + 216 + 217 + 137

[Ebeling1919-1923KAR] Ebeling, Erich. 1919-1923. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur Religiösen Inhalts. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, Band 28 & 34. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.
primary: KAL 12, KAL 12, 01

[KAL12] Schaudig, Hanspeter. 2020. Staatsrituale, Festbeschreibungen Und Weitere Texte Zum Assyrischen Kult Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur Literarischen Inhalts 12. Vol. 158. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft. Harrassowitz.
primary: Müller 1937 MVAeG 41/3, Text 1

[MVAeG41/3] Das Assyrische Ritual : Teil 1. Texte Zum Assyrischen Königsritual,. 1937. Vol. 41. Mitteilungen derVorderasiatisch-Agyptischen Gesellschaft 3.
history: Archives and Libraries in the City of Assur, N1, 70

[Pedersen1985-86ArchivesAssur] Pedersén, Olof. 1985-86. Archives and Libraries in the City of Assur : A Study of the Material from the German Excavations. Uppsala : Almqvist & Wiksell.
history: Panayotov, Strahil V., CDLN 2015/007

[sec54532] N.d.

(positioning KAR 137 = VAT 9978 and KAR 217 = VAT 10113)

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-22 at 07:54:08	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2025-07-07 at 16:51:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-07-07 at 16:45:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-31 at 08:38:33	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2024-11-01 at 13:11:46	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2024-11-01 at 12:41:04	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2024-11-01 at 12:40:35	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan		de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 19:57:55	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“KAR 135+ Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P282609.

KAR 135+ artifact entry (No. P282609). (2025, December 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P282609 (Original work published 2005)

KAR 135+ artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P282609 (Accessed: October 9, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P282609},
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Cite this Artifact

“KAR 135+ Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P282609.

KAR 135+ artifact entry (No. P282609). (2025, December 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P282609 (Original work published 2005)

KAR 135+ artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P282609 (Accessed: October 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 22},
	title = {KAR 135+ artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P282609},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P282609},
}

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M1  - 2026/10/9/
TI  - KAR 135+ artifact entry
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