BMS 20 + 49 (P398671)

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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Metadata history

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

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text content

Genre(s) Ritual and liturgical > Prayer
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P398671

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 10406 + DT 065

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) K.10406
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (ORACC CASPo) P398671
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P398671
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo) Q005086
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P398671
British Museum Collection (BM) W_K-10406
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (CASPo) P398671.html

References

  • primary: BMS, 20 + 49

    [King1896BMS] King, Leonard W. 1896. Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. Luzac & Co.

  • history: Bezold C 1896a, (DT 065)

    [Bezold1896a] Bezold, Carl. 1896. Vol. 4. Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum.

  • history: Schwemer, Daniel, Wettergottgestalten (2001) 671 (join

    [sec103318] N.d.

  • history: ref. A. Lenzi)

    [sec103319] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-27 at 13:56:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:54:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:52:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:50:13 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:46:52 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:43:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:40:34 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:37:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-25 at 15:57:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56 Lenzi, Alan Artifact metadata Lenzi, Alan Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Michalowski, Piotr British Museum Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BMS 20 + 49 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398671.
BMS 20 + 49 artifact entry (No. P398671). (2024, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398671 (Original work published 2010)
BMS 20 + 49 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398671 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {BMS 20 + 49 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398671},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398671},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BMS 20 + 49 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398671.
BMS 20 + 49 artifact entry (No. P398671). (2024, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398671 (Original work published 2010)
BMS 20 + 49 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398671 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).
@misc{2024BMS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {BMS 20 + 49 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398671},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398671},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P398671
LB  - CDLI:P398671
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - BMS 20 + 49 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P398671
ER  -
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