ABL 0977 + (P334655)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

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

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P334655 P313948 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P334655

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 00950 + K 14592

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.14592 + K.950
Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (SAAo/SAA10)	P334655
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P334655
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P334655
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P334655
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-950

References

primary: ABL, 0977 +

[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, 536

[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 10, 296

[Parpola1993SAA10] Parpola, Simo. 1993. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 10. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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 18:53:23	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	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

Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 0977 + Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P334655.

ABL 0977 + artifact entry (No. P334655). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334655 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 0977 + artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334655 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {ABL 0977 + artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334655},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334655},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“ABL 0977 + Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P334655.

ABL 0977 + artifact entry (No. P334655). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334655 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 0977 + artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334655 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

@misc{2023ABL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {ABL 0977 + artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334655},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334655},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P334655
LB  - CDLI:P334655
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - ABL 0977 + artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P334655
ER  -