BMS 38 (P452899)

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

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

54.0 mm × 32.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 54.0 high × 32.0 wide
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  • primary: BMS, 38

    [King1896BMS] King, Leonard W. 1896. Babylonian Magic and Sorcery.

  • history: Bezold C 1896a,

    [sec113498] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0016

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56 Lenzi, Alan Artifact Lenzi, Alan Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2013-06-21 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Stadhouders, Henry CDLI approved View

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General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

20130621 bmcat: fragment of a clay tablet, 6 lines of inscription, Neo-Assyrian.

Cite this Artifact
“BMS 38 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P452899.
BMS 38 artifact entry (No. P452899). (2023, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P452899 (Original work published 2013)
BMS 38 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P452899 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P452899},
}


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