BBR pl. 17-19 K 02427+ (P394427)

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 incantations forming, according to the colophon, the 9th tablet of the series)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Shurpu 9 incantations forming, according to the colophon, the 9th tablet of the series)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P394427
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P394427

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 02427 + K 02941 + K 04265 + K 18626

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.18626 + K.2427 + K.2941 + K.4265
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P394427
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-2941

References

primary: BBR, 17-19 K 02427+

[Zimmern1901BBR] Zimmern, Heinrich. 1901. Beiträge Zur Kenntnis Der Babylonischen Religion. Vol. 12. Assyriologische Bibliothek. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs.
history: Shurpu, 9 A

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

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
2024-04-15 at 06:04:35	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BBR Pl. 17-19 K 02427+ Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394427.

BBR pl. 17-19 K 02427+ artifact entry (No. P394427). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394427 (Original work published 2010)

BBR pl. 17-19 K 02427+ artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394427 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBR Pl. 17-19 K 02427+ Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394427.

BBR pl. 17-19 K 02427+ artifact entry (No. P394427). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394427 (Original work published 2010)

BBR pl. 17-19 K 02427+ artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394427 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {BBR pl. 17-19 {K} 02427+ artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394427},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394427},
}

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