ABL 1417 (P334895)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

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	Sargon2.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P334895
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P334895

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 —
Accession Number	1879-07-08, 0259

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1879,0708.259
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (SAAo/SAA01)	P334895
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P334895
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P334895
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P334895
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1879-0708-259

References

primary: ABL, 1417

[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 1, 163

[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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	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 07:42:50	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 1417 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P334895.

ABL 1417 artifact entry (No. P334895). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334895 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 1417 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334895 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334895},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“ABL 1417 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P334895.

ABL 1417 artifact entry (No. P334895). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P334895 (Original work published 2006)

ABL 1417 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P334895 (Accessed: June 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {ABL 1417 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P334895},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P334895},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P334895
M1  - 2026/6/14/
TI  - ABL 1417 artifact entry
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