RMA 212a (P336515)

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

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 (astrology)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (astrology)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P336515
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P336515

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 13170

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.13170
Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (SAAo/SAA10)	P336515
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P336515
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P336515
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P336515
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-13170

References

primary: RMA, 212a

[Thompson1900] Thompson, R. Campbell. 1900. The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon in the British Museum. London : Luzac.
history: SAA 10, 88

[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
2024-07-08 at 18:14:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2023-07-05 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 18:53:23	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

“RMA 212a Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P336515.

RMA 212a artifact entry (No. P336515). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P336515 (Original work published 2006)

RMA 212a artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P336515 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P336515},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RMA 212a Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P336515.

RMA 212a artifact entry (No. P336515). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P336515 (Original work published 2006)

RMA 212a artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P336515 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {RMA 212a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P336515},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P336515},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - RMA 212a artifact entry
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