AfO 29/30, 001-017 (P238181)

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 (ghosts)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 02779

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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CDLI Notes:

20131104 stadhouders: incantations and rituals dealing with ghost apparitions wanted and unwanted. First part (ll.1-9) is necromancy conjuring up a ghost for consultation; rest is to avert the evil inherent in a ghost's cry.

Cite this Artifact
“AfO 29/30, 001-017 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238181.
AfO 29/30, 001-017 artifact entry (No. P238181). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238181 (Original work published 2003)
AfO 29/30, 001-017 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238181 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238181},
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