ABL 1227 + (P334807)

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	Sargon2.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P334807 P314332 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P334807

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	1882-05-22, 0145 + 1882-05-22, 0164

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1882,0522.145
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (SAAo/SAA01)	P334807
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P334807
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P334807
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P334807
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0522-145

References

primary: ABL, 1227 +

[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, 923

[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, 189

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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 07:42:50	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 Artifact

“ABL 1227 + Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P334807.

ABL 1227 + artifact entry (No. P334807). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334807 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 1227 + artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334807 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334807},
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Cite this Artifact

“ABL 1227 + Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P334807.

ABL 1227 + artifact entry (No. P334807). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334807 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 1227 + artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334807 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {ABL 1227 + artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334807},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334807},
}

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