BMS 48 + ZA 042, 221-222 (P397497)

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

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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

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BMS 48 + ZA 042, 221-222

    [Geers1896-165789] King, Leonard W., and Friedrich W. Geers. 1896.

  • history: Ebeling Handerhebung, 167

    [Ebeling1953Handerhebung] Ebeling, Erich. 1953. Die Akkadische Gebetsserie “Handerhebung.” Vol. 20. Veröffentlichung (Deutsche Akademie Der Wissenschaften Zu Berlin. Institut Für Orientforschung).

  • history: BMS, 05 (K 6019), 08 (K 2396 + K 3893)

    [King1896BMS] King, Leonard W. 1896. Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. Luzac & Co.

  • history: Ambos, Bit Sala’ Me (2013) 198

    [sec103216] N.d.

  • history: Jiménez, Enrique, Iraq 76, 108-109 with physically joining fragment K 09083

    [sec103217] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 08116 + K 02396 + K 03893 + K 06019 + K 07243 + K 09083

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-14 at 10:35:05 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-25 at 15:57:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56 Lenzi, Alan Artifact Lenzi, Alan Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:03:55 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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20191213 lenzi: notes to all joins

Cite this Artifact

“BMS 48 + ZA 042, 221-222 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P397497.
BMS 48 + ZA 042, 221-222 artifact entry (No. P397497). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397497 (Original work published 2010)
BMS 48 + ZA 042, 221-222 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397497 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397497},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397497},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BMS 48 + ZA 042, 221-222 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P397497.
BMS 48 + ZA 042, 221-222 artifact entry (No. P397497). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397497 (Original work published 2010)
BMS 48 + ZA 042, 221-222 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397497 (Accessed: November 9, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {BMS 48 + {ZA} 042, 221-222 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397497},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397497},
}


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