HES 5, no. 3 I (P402794)

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

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: HES 5, no. 3 I

    [Gabbay2024HES5] Gabbay, Uri. 2024. The Balaĝ Prayer “Oh, My Abzu!” : The God Enki in Sumerian Laments. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag. Heidelberger Emesal-Studien 5.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 17455

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-08-16 at 08:19:08 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-08-14 at 18:07:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:12:19 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 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 Artifact metadata Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“HES 5, No. 3 I Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P402794.
HES 5, no. 3 I artifact entry (No. P402794). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P402794 (Original work published 2010)
HES 5, no. 3 I artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P402794 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P402794},
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Cite this Artifacts

“HES 5, No. 3 I Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P402794.
HES 5, no. 3 I artifact entry (No. P402794). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P402794 (Original work published 2010)
HES 5, no. 3 I artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P402794 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {HES 5, no. 3 {I} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P402794},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P402794},
}

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