SAA 14, 420 (P336764)

Prayer 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)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Shurpu 9)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Shurpu 9)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P336764
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P336764

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	DT 097 + Sm 1010

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	DT.97 + Sm.1010
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P424910
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P336764
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P424910

References

primary: SAA 14, 420

[Mattila2002SAA14] Mattila, Raija. 2002. Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part II: Assurbanipal through Sin-Šarru-Iškun. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 14. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: Shurpu, 9 K

[Reiner1958Shurpu] Reiner, Erica. 1958. Šurpu : A Collection of Sumerian and Akkadian Incantations. Vol. 11. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft. Graz : Im Selbstverlage des Herausgebers.
history: BBR, pl. 75

[Zimmern1901BBR] Zimmern, Heinrich. 1901. Beiträge Zur Kenntnis Der Babylonischen Religion. Vol. 12. Assyriologische Bibliothek. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-09 at 10:48:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 13:27:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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 20:44:22	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SAA 14, 420 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P336764.

SAA 14, 420 artifact entry (No. P336764). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P336764 (Original work published 2006)

SAA 14, 420 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P336764 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“SAA 14, 420 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P336764.

SAA 14, 420 artifact entry (No. P336764). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P336764 (Original work published 2006)

SAA 14, 420 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P336764 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {SAA 14, 420 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P336764},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P336764},
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