CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 170 (P422371)

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

Cite
Metadata history
Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 121117

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 1.06.02 Ninurta’s Exploits (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (ETCSL 1.06.02 Ninurta’s Exploits (witness))
Language(s) Akkadian, Sumerian

Chronology

Period Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Literary 000350 (Ninurta's Return to Nippur) composite (P469527) Q000350 View the score

Record

20170812 cdliadmin: new identifications provided by Andrea Ulshöfer 1.3.10.2

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P422371

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) [uncertain]
Written In Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 121117
Accession Number 1929-10-12, 0113

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) 1.6.2
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) 1.6.2
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.121117
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P422371
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P422371
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1929-1012-113
Text Corpus of Middle Assyrian (TCMA) P422371

References

  • primary: Wagensonner 2010 WWO 6, 701

    [Wagensonner2010WWO6] Wagensonner, Klaus. 2010. “A Scribal Family and Its Orthographic Peculiarities. On the Scientific Work of a Royal Scribe and His Sons,.” Edited by Gebhard J. Selz and Klaus Wagensonner. The Empirical Dimension of Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Die Empirische Dimension Altorientalischer Forschungen, 645–702.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-30 at 09:56:09 de Ridder, Jacob Jan Artifact metadata de Ridder, Jacob Jan de Ridder, Jacob Jan Approved View
2024-10-30 at 09:55:07 de Ridder, Jacob Jan Artifact metadata de Ridder, Jacob Jan de Ridder, Jacob Jan Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:25:50 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 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, CDLI Artifact metadata Stadhouders, Henry British Museum Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000351, Ex. 170 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P422371.
CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 170 artifact entry (No. P422371). (2024, October 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P422371 (Original work published 2011)
CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 170 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P422371 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000351, Ex. 170 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P422371.
CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 170 artifact entry (No. P422371). (2024, October 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P422371 (Original work published 2011)
CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 170 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P422371 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P422371},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P422371},
}


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