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AfO Beih 27, pl. 05 K 09458 (P398127)

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)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning missing
1'. [...] x-an _egir#_ [...]
2'. [...] _gal-gal egir_ [...]
3'. [...] _tur-tur egir_-szu2 [...]
4'. [...] sal-ha _dingir munus_ [...]
5'. [...] x sza-ah-tu _dingir munus_ [...]
6'. [...] x _zag_-szu2 _gal szesz-mesz#_ [...]
7'. [...] x _gub3_-szu2 _gal_ hi la me [...]
8'. [...] _zag#_ u _gub3_-szu2 _gal-mesz szesz-mesz#_ [...]
9'. [...] _gub3_-szu2 _tur-mesz_ ta?-[x ...]
10'. [...] x x-in ta?-[x ...]
11'. [...] x [...] x [...]
rest missing
reverse
surface missing

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: AfO Beih 27, pl. 05 K 09458

[Böck2000AfOBeih27] Böck, Barbara. 2000. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Morphoskopie. Archiv Für Orientforschung, Beiheft 27. Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 09458

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
2025-09-10 at 15:45:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-06 at 10:00:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2016-11-18 at 14:39:11	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
2016-11-13 at 13:15:52	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale	Babylonian Medicine	CDLI	approved
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Michalowski, Piotr	The British Museum Collection	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.9458) (K.9458)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P398127) (P398127)
The British Museum Collection (W_K-9458) (W_K-9458)

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Cite this Artifact

“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 05 K 09458 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P398127.

AfO Beih 27, pl. 05 K 09458 artifact entry (No. P398127). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398127 (Original work published 2010)

AfO Beih 27, pl. 05 K 09458 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398127 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398127},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398127},
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Cite this Artifact

“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 05 K 09458 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P398127.

AfO Beih 27, pl. 05 K 09458 artifact entry (No. P398127). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398127 (Original work published 2010)

AfO Beih 27, pl. 05 K 09458 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398127 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {AfO {Beih} 27, pl. 05 {K} 09458 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398127},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398127},
}

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M1  - 2026/1/14/
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