MMEW p. 242, 246, 248, 250; pl. 7 (K 7979) (P336245)

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 134503 + BM 134504 + BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

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Language(s)

Akkadian

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: MMEW, p. 242, 246, 248, 250; pl. 7 (K 7979)

[Livingstone1986MMEW] Livingstone, Alasdair. 1986. Mystical and Mythological Explanatory Works of Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. Oxford : Clarendon.
history: SAA 3, 35

[Livingstone1989SAA3] Livingstone, Alasdair. 1989. Court Poetry and Literary Miscellanea. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 3. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 134503 + BM 134504 + BM —
Accession No.: K 06330 + K 06359 + K 07979 + K 09138 + K 20151 + Rm 0275 + Sm 1564 + Sm 1903

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-06 at 18:29:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-06 at 16:27:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-06 at 14:41:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-06 at 14:40:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-06 at 14:39:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-06 at 14:38:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact 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 18:51:39	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	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

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.20151) (K.20151)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.6330) (K.6330)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.7979) (K.7979)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.9138) (K.9138)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Sm.1564) (Sm.1564)
Court Poetry and Literary Miscellanea (P336245) (P336245)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P336245) (P336245)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P336245) (P336245)
State Archives of Assyria Online (P336245) (P336245)
British Museum Collection (W_K-20151) (W_K-20151)

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Cite this Artifacts

“MMEW p. 242, 246, 248, 250; Pl. 7 (K 7979) Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P336245.

MMEW p. 242, 246, 248, 250; pl. 7 (K 7979) artifact entry (No. P336245). (2025, August 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P336245 (Original work published 2006)

MMEW p. 242, 246, 248, 250; pl. 7 (K 7979) artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P336245 (Accessed: February 7, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P336245},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P336245},
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Cite this Artifacts

“MMEW p. 242, 246, 248, 250; Pl. 7 (K 7979) Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P336245.

MMEW p. 242, 246, 248, 250; pl. 7 (K 7979) artifact entry (No. P336245). (2025, August 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P336245 (Original work published 2006)

MMEW p. 242, 246, 248, 250; pl. 7 (K 7979) artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P336245 (Accessed: February 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-07]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 6},
	title = {MMEW p. 242, 246, 248, 250; pl. 7 ({K} 7979) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P336245},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P336245},
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