BMS 21 (P394642)

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, Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BMS, 21

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

  • history: Craig, AAT pl. 73 (K 7047)

    [sec102579] N.d.

  • history: ACh Shamash, 1

    [VirolleaudAChShamash] Virolleaud, Charles. 1905-1912. L’astrologie Chaldéenne.

  • citation: AOAT 034, catalogue no. 52 (ref. A. Lenzi)

    [Loretz1978AOAT34] Loretz, Oswald, Walter Mayer, and Werner R. Mayer. 1978. Šu-Ila-Gebete : Suppl. Zu L. W. King, Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. Vol. 34. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament. Kevelaer : Butzon und Bercker ; Neukirchen-Vluyn : Neukirchener Verlag.

  • citation: Schwemer, Daniel, Wettergottgestalten

    [sec102581] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 02741 + K 03180 + K 03208 + K 05043 + K 06588 + K 06612 + K 06672 + K 06908 + K 07047 + K 08498 + K 09157 + K 09770 + K 10219 + K 10497 + K 11345 + K 13431 + K 13793 + K 15786

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-21 at 12:42:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-19 at 10:02:36 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-19 at 09:53:15 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-19 at 08:27:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-14 at 10:30:25 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-25 at 15:57:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56 Lenzi, Alan Artifact Lenzi, Alan Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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 18:58:16 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
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 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
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BMS 21 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P394642.
BMS 21 artifact entry (No. P394642). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P394642 (Original work published 2010)
BMS 21 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P394642 (Accessed: December 12, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {BMS 21 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P394642},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P394642},
}


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