Shurpu 2 E (P398984)

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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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Shurpu, 2 E

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

  • history: Fs Stol (pp. 47-52), 51, pl. 3 K 10944

    [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 “Unpublished Fragments from the Burning Ritual Series (Šurpu) from the British Museum.”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.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 10944

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-18 at 17:31:08 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-02 at 13:27:34 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Shurpu 2 E Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P398984.
Shurpu 2 E artifact entry (No. P398984). (2025, March 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398984 (Original work published 2010)
Shurpu 2 E artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398984 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	month = {mar 18},
	title = {Shurpu 2 {E} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398984},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398984},
}


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