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KAR 140 (P282611)

Recipe or Instruction tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France, Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

AO 19230 + VAT 10096

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Recipe or Instruction (perfume recipes)

Language(s)

Middle Assyrian

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Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Recipe or Instruction (perfume recipes)
Language(s): Middle Assyrian

Related publications

primary: KAR, 140

[Ebeling1919-1923KAR] Ebeling, Erich. 1919-1923. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur Religiösen Inhalts. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, Band 28 & 34. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.
history: PKT, pl. 1-4 (AO 19230)

[Ebeling1950Parfümrezepte] Ebeling, Erich. 1950. Parfümrezepte Und Kultische Texts Aus Assur. Roma: Pontificium Institotum Biblicum.
history: Archives and Libraries in the City of Assur, N1, 56

[Pedersén1985-86ArchivesAssur] Pedersén, Olof. 1985-86. Archives and Libraries in the City of Assur : A Study of the Material from the German Excavations. Uppsala : Almqvist & Wiksell.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 19230 + VAT 10096
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: Ass 04463(c) + Ass 04585
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Findspot Comments:
N1, 56

Chronology

Period: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
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
2024-11-01 at 12:06:29	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Artifact metadata	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	de Ridder, Jacob Jan	Approved
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Text Corpus of Middle Assyrian (P282611) (P282611)

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Cite this Artifacts

“KAR 140 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P282611.

KAR 140 artifact entry (No. P282611). (2025, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P282611 (Original work published 2005)

KAR 140 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P282611 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P282611},
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Cite this Artifacts

“KAR 140 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P282611.

KAR 140 artifact entry (No. P282611). (2025, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P282611 (Original work published 2005)

KAR 140 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P282611 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {KAR 140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P282611},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P282611},
}

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