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AfO 18, 038–051 + pl. 1-3 BM 098731 (P421945)

Literary tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 098731

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Tukultī-Ninurta epic, witness C)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Witness

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (Tukultī-Ninurta epic, witness C)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: AfO 18, 038–051 + pl. 1-3 , BM 098731

[Lambert1957/58Tukulti-Ninurta] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1957-1958. “Three Unpublished Fragments of the Tukulti-Ninurta Epic.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 18: 38–51.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 098731
Accession No.: 1905-04-09, 0237

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-13 at 16:18:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-07-05 at 19:22:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2011-06-29 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Stadhouders, Henry	The British Museum Collection	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.98731) (BM.98731)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P421945) (P421945)
The British Museum Collection (W_1905-0409-237) (W_1905-0409-237)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835)	View the score

Notes

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CDLI Notes:

20170812 cdliadmin: new identifications provided by Andrea Ulshöfer

Cite this Artifact

“AfO 18, 038–051 + Pl. 1-3 BM 098731 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P421945.

AfO 18, 038–051 + pl. 1-3 BM 098731 artifact entry (No. P421945). (2024, September 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P421945 (Original work published 2011)

AfO 18, 038–051 + pl. 1-3 BM 098731 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P421945 (Accessed: January 8, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 13},
	title = {AfO 18, 038--051 + pl. 1-3 {BM} 098731 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P421945},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P421945},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“AfO 18, 038–051 + Pl. 1-3 BM 098731 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P421945.

AfO 18, 038–051 + pl. 1-3 BM 098731 artifact entry (No. P421945). (2024, September 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P421945 (Original work published 2011)

AfO 18, 038–051 + pl. 1-3 BM 098731 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P421945 (Accessed: January 8, 2026).

@misc{2024AfO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 13},
	title = {AfO 18, 038--051 + pl. 1-3 {BM} 098731 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P421945},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P421945},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/13/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P421945
LB  - CDLI:P421945
M1  - 2026/1/8/
TI  - AfO 18, 038–051 + pl. 1-3 BM 098731 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P421945
ER  -