ABL 0198 + (P334143)

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

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: ABL, 0198 +

[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: CT 53, 438

[Parpola1978CT53] Parpola, Simo. 1978. Neo-Assyrian Letters from the Kuyunjik Collection. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 53. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: CT 53, 120

[Parpola1978CT53] Parpola, Simo. 1978. Neo-Assyrian Letters from the Kuyunjik Collection. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 53. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: SAA 1, 29

[Parpola1987SAA1] Parpola, Simo. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: SKT 2, 08 (K 05464)

[Winckler1894SKT2] Winckler, Hugo. 1894. Vol. 2. Sammlung von Keilschrifttexten.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 05464 + K 12951 + K 14682

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced: Sargon2.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-05-27 at 18:22:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:46:41	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 18:51:02	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-09-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.5464) (K.5464)
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (P334143) (P334143)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P334143) (P334143)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P334143) (P334143)
State Archives of Assyria Online (P334143) (P334143)
British Museum Collection (W_K-5464) (W_K-5464)

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Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 0198 + Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P334143.

ABL 0198 + artifact entry (No. P334143). (2024, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334143 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 0198 + artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334143 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {ABL 0198 + artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334143},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334143},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 0198 + Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P334143.

ABL 0198 + artifact entry (No. P334143). (2024, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334143 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 0198 + artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334143 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

@misc{2024ABL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {ABL 0198 + artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334143},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334143},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P334143
LB  - CDLI:P334143
M1  - 2026/2/15/
TI  - ABL 0198 + artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P334143
ER  -