BMS 47 (P397768)
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
BM —Provenience
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: BMS, 47
[King1896BMS] King, Leonard W. 1896. Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. Luzac & Co.
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- Museum No.: BM —
- Accession No.: K 08808
- Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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- Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (K.8808) (K.8808)
- Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (P397768) (P397768)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P397768) (P397768)
- Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (Q007478) (Q007478)
- Ashurbanipal Library Project (P397768) (P397768)
- The British Museum Collection (W_K-8808) (W_K-8808)
- Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (P397768.html) (P397768.html)
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Cite this Artifact
“BMS 47 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P397768.
BMS 47 artifact entry (No. P397768). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397768 (Original work published 2010)
BMS 47 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397768 (Accessed: August 5, 2025).
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