Shamash Religious Texts pl. 12 Sm 0166 (P426421)

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

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)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P426421
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P426421

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	Sm 0166 + Sm 0600 + Sm 0845 + Sm 1461 + Sm 1466 + Sm 1567 + Sm 2062

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Sm.1461 + Sm.1466 + Sm.1567 + Sm.166 + Sm.2062 + Sm.600 + Sm.845
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P426421
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P426421

References

primary: Shamash Religious Texts , pl. 12 Sm 0166

[Gray1901Samastexts] Gray, Clifton D. 1901. The Šamaš Religious Texts Classified in the British Museum Catalogue as Hymns, Prayers, and Incantations. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.
history: Bezold C 1896a

[Bezold1896a] Bezold, Carl. 1896. Vol. 4. Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-29 at 14:28:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:56:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:54:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:52:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:50:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:46:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-05 at 19:29:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2011-11-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	British Museum Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Shamash Religious Texts Pl. 12 Sm 0166 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P426421.

Shamash Religious Texts pl. 12 Sm 0166 artifact entry (No. P426421). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P426421 (Original work published 2011)

Shamash Religious Texts pl. 12 Sm 0166 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P426421 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {Shamash {Religious} {Texts} pl. 12 {Sm} 0166 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P426421},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P426421},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Shamash Religious Texts Pl. 12 Sm 0166 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P426421.

Shamash Religious Texts pl. 12 Sm 0166 artifact entry (No. P426421). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P426421 (Original work published 2011)

Shamash Religious Texts pl. 12 Sm 0166 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P426421 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 29},
	title = {Shamash {Religious} {Texts} pl. 12 {Sm} 0166 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P426421},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P426421},
}

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M1  - 2026/10/25/
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