ABL 1407 (P334887)

Letter tablet dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 098775

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

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	P334887
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P334887

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 098775
Accession Number	1905-04-09, 0281

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.98775
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (SAAo/SAA05)	P334887
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P334887
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P334887
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1905-0409-281

References

primary: ABL, 1407

[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: SAA 5, 213

[Lanfranchi1990SAA5] Lanfranchi, Giovanni B., and Simo Parpola. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2023-06-15 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 1407 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P334887.

ABL 1407 artifact entry (No. P334887). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334887 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 1407 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334887 (Accessed: August 15, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“ABL 1407 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P334887.

ABL 1407 artifact entry (No. P334887). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334887 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 1407 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334887 (Accessed: August 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-08-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {ABL 1407 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334887},
}

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M1  - 2026/8/15/
TI  - ABL 1407 artifact entry
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