Shamash Religious Texts pl. 08 K 05982 (P238249)

Literary 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)

Literary (bil hymn to S'amas' (bil pr))

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Shamash Religious Texts , pl. 08 K 05982

    [Gray1901Šamaštexts] 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: BA 5/5, 531-712, p. 695 (K.8917)

    [Macmillan1906tablets] Macmillan, Kerr D. 1906. Some Cuneiform Tablets Bearing on the Religion of Babylonian and Assyria. Beiträge Zur Assyriologie Und Semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, Band 5/5. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: BA 10/1, 1-3 (text 01)

    [Meek1913BA10/1] Meek, Theophile J. 1913. “Cuneiform Bilingual Hymns, Prayers and Penitential Psalms,” Beiträge zur Assyriologie (und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, 10 (1): 1–127.

  • history: BA 10/1, 066-067 (K.05982), 68-69 (K 03025 + K 08917)

    [Meek1913BA10/1] Meek, Theophile J. 1913. “Cuneiform Bilingual Hymns, Prayers and Penitential Psalms,” Beiträge zur Assyriologie (und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, 10 (1): 1–127.

  • history: Shamash, 10, 11 & 23

    [Schollmeyer1912Shamash] Schollmeyer, P. Anastasius. 1912. Sumerisch-Babylonische Hymnen Und Gebete an Šamaš. Paderborn : F. Schöningh.

  • history: Meek, Theophile J., 1913, Shamas' pl. 8 (K 05982)

    [sec39378] N.d.

  • history: Falkenstein - von Soden, SAHG, 1953, 221-222 (no. 43)

    [sec39381] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 03025 + K 05982 + K 08917

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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2024-07-03 at 08:40:34 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-03 at 08:38:48 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-29 at 14:28:23 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-24 at 10:23:09 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-24 at 10:21:22 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-24 at 10:18:22 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36 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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Cite this Artifact
“Shamash Religious Texts Pl. 08 K 05982 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238249.
Shamash Religious Texts pl. 08 K 05982 artifact entry (No. P238249). (2024, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238249 (Original work published 2003)
Shamash Religious Texts pl. 08 K 05982 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238249 (Accessed: March 20, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238249},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238249},
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