Shurpu 4 N (P421960)

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 098752

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 4)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Shurpu, 4 N

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 098752
  • Accession No.: 1905-04-09, 0258

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-02 at 13:27:34 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other 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 19:22:11 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
2011-06-29 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Stadhouders, Henry British Museum Collection CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“Shurpu 4 N Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P421960.
Shurpu 4 N artifact entry (No. P421960). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P421960 (Original work published 2011)
Shurpu 4 N artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P421960 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {Shurpu 4 {N} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P421960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P421960},
}

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TI  - Shurpu 4 N artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“Shurpu 4 N Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P421960.
Shurpu 4 N artifact entry (No. P421960). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P421960 (Original work published 2011)
Shurpu 4 N artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P421960 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).
@misc{2024Shurpu,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {Shurpu 4 {N} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P421960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P421960},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P421960
LB  - CDLI:P421960
M1  - 2026/1/29/
TI  - Shurpu 4 N artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P421960
ER  - 
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