BMS 02 (P396564)

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)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P396564
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P396564

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	K 06477 + K 09706

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.6477 + K.9706
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (ORACC CASPo)	P396564
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P396564
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P396564
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (CASPo)	P396564.html

References

primary: BMS, 02

[King1896BMS] King, Leonard W. 1896. Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. Luzac & Co.
history: Ebeling Handerhebung, 167

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-14 at 10:35:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-25 at 15:57:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56	Lenzi, Alan	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan	Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-07-05 at 19:03:55	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BMS 02 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P396564.

BMS 02 artifact entry (No. P396564). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P396564 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 02 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P396564 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {BMS 02 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P396564},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P396564},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/14/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P396564
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - BMS 02 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BMS 02 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P396564.

BMS 02 artifact entry (No. P396564). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P396564 (Original work published 2010)

BMS 02 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P396564 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

@misc{2024BMS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {BMS 02 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P396564},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P396564},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P396564
LB  - CDLI:P396564
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - BMS 02 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P396564
ER  -