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BBR pl. 02-03 K 08868 (P397687)

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 (Shurpu 2)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Shurpu 2)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BBR, 02-03 K 08868

[Zimmern1901BBR] Zimmern, Heinrich. 1901. Beiträge Zur Kenntnis Der Babylonischen Religion. Vol. 12. Assyriologische Bibliothek. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs.
history: Fs Stol (pp. 47-52), 50, pl. 2 K 8581

[Linssen2008FsStol] Linssen, Marc J.H. 2008. “Unpublished Fragments from the Burning Ritual Series (Šurpu) from the British Museum.” Studies in Ancient Near Eastern World View and Society Presented to Marten Stol on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday, 10 November 2005, and His Retirement from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 47–52.
history: Shurpu, 2 C

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 08581 + K 08868

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-18 at 17:30:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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 19:07:10	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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.8581) (K.8581)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.8868) (K.8868)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P397687) (P397687)
British Museum Collection (W_K-8581) (W_K-8581)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBR Pl. 02-03 K 08868 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P397687.

BBR pl. 02-03 K 08868 artifact entry (No. P397687). (2025, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397687 (Original work published 2010)

BBR pl. 02-03 K 08868 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397687 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397687},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BBR Pl. 02-03 K 08868 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P397687.

BBR pl. 02-03 K 08868 artifact entry (No. P397687). (2025, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397687 (Original work published 2010)

BBR pl. 02-03 K 08868 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397687 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 18},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397687},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397687},
}

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