ABL 1172 (P237663)

Letter 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)

Letter (letter (from the king))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: ABL, 1172

    [Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert F. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.

  • history: SAA 13, 6

    [Cole1998SAA13] Cole, Steven W., and Peter Machinist. 1998. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Priests to Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 13. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

  • history: ASJ 7, p.139-156, p. 150

    [Watanabe1985Briefe] Watanabe, Kazuko. 1985. “Die Briefe Der Neuassyrischen Könige.” Acta Sumerologica 7: 139–56.

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  • Accession No.: 1891-05-09 Bu, 0020

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:53:23 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“ABL 1172 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 7, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P237663.
ABL 1172 artifact entry (No. P237663). (2023, August 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P237663 (Original work published 2003)
ABL 1172 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P237663 (Accessed: March 26, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 7},
	title = {ABL 1172 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P237663},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P237663},
}


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