Shurpu 5-6 N (P452587)

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 (Shurpu 5-6)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

41.0 mm × 25.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 41.0 high × 25.0 wide
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  • primary: Shurpu, 5-6 N

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

  • history: Bezold C 1896a

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

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: 1882-05-22, 1767

  • 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, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:56:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:54:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:52:22 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:50:13 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:29:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-06-21 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Stadhouders, Henry CDLI approved View

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20130621 bmcat: part of a clay tablet, 12 lines of inscription, Neo-Assyrian.

Cite this Artifact
“Shurpu 5-6 N Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P452587.
Shurpu 5-6 N artifact entry (No. P452587). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P452587 (Original work published 2013)
Shurpu 5-6 N artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P452587 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
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	title = {Shurpu 5-6 {N} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P452587},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P452587},
}


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