BWL pl. 44 K 08413 (P397613)

Literary 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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Photo

Lineart

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)

Literary

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has fragments

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

BM web siteBM web site

CDLI number	P397613 P401717 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P397613

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	Fragmented

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 08413 + K 15979

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.8413
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P397613
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-8413

References

primary: BWL, pl. 44 K 08413

[Lambert1960BWL] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1960. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Oxford : Clarendon Press.
history: Disputation poems, p. 162

[Jiménez2017Disputationpoems] Jiménez, Enrique. 2017. The Babylonian Disputation Poems : With Editions of the Series of the Poplar, Palm and Vine, the Series of the Spider, and the Story of the Poor, Forlorn Wren. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 87. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-05 at 16:30:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-14 at 14:06:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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

Cite this Artifacts

“BWL Pl. 44 K 08413 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P397613.

BWL pl. 44 K 08413 artifact entry (No. P397613). (2025, August 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397613 (Original work published 2010)

BWL pl. 44 K 08413 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397613 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397613},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BWL Pl. 44 K 08413 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P397613.

BWL pl. 44 K 08413 artifact entry (No. P397613). (2025, August 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397613 (Original work published 2010)

BWL pl. 44 K 08413 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397613 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 5},
	title = {BWL pl. 44 {K} 08413 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397613},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397613},
}

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