HES 5, no. 2 C (P396908)
Prayer tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
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Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Prayer
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: HES 5, no. 2 C
[Gabbay2024HES5] Gabbay, Uri. 2024. The Balaĝ Prayer “Oh, My Abzu!” : The God Enki in Sumerian Laments. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag. Heidelberger Emesal-Studien 5.
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- Museum No.: BM —
- Accession No.: K 06930
- Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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- Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-08-16 at 08:19:08 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-08-14 at 18:05:00 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-07-05 at 19:03:55 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Michalowski, Piotr | The British Museum Collection | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (K.6930) (K.6930)
- Ashurbanipal Library Project (P396908) (P396908)
- The British Museum Collection (W_K-6930) (W_K-6930)
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Cite this Artifact
“HES 5, No. 2 C Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P396908.
HES 5, no. 2 C artifact entry (No. P396908). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P396908 (Original work published 2010)
HES 5, no. 2 C artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P396908 (Accessed: December 17, 2025).
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