Museum numbers

Almost all of the letters, queries, and reports are now housed in the British Museum's Department of the Middle East. Museum numbers are typically in two parts: the siglum, which identifies the collection to which a tablet belongs or the date on which a group of tablets was entered into the museum's registers (accessioned); and a continuous count of the tablets in each collection or accession group.

Siglum Meaning
48-7-20 Tablets accessioned by the British Museum on 20 July 1848
79-7-8 Tablets accessioned by the British Museum on 8 July 1879
80-7-19 Tablets accessioned by the British Museum on 19 July 1880
81-2-4 Tablets accessioned by the British Museum on 4 February 1881
81-7-27 Tablets accessioned by the British Museum on 27 July 1881
82-3-23 Tablets accessioned by the British Museum on 23 March 1882
82-5-22 Tablets accessioned by the British Museum on 22 May 1882
83-1-18 Tablets accessioned by the British Museum on 18 January 1883
AO Tablets in the Departement des Antiquités Orientàles, Musée du Louvre
BM Tablets in the collection of the British Museum
Bu 89-4-26 Tablets acquired by Wallace Budge and accessioned by the British Museum on 26 April 1889
Bu 91-5-9 Tablets acquired by Wallace Budge and accessioned by the British Museum on 9 May 1891
DT Tablets collected on an expedition funded by the Daily Telegraph for the British Museum
IM Tablets in the collection of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad
K Tablets from Kouyunjik (Nineveh) in the collection of the British Museum
Ki 1904-10-9 Tablets acquired by Leonard King for the British Museum and accessioned on 9 October 1904
Nv. Tablets from Nineveh in the collection of the British Museum
Ph.Ass. Tablets from Assur, with photos in the collection of the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
Rm Tablets collected by Hormuzd Rassam for the British Museum
Sm Tablets collected by George Smith for the British Museum
SU Tablets from Sultantepe (ancient Huzirina) in the collection of the Ankara Archaeological Museum
Th 1905-4-9 Tablets collected by Reginald Campbell Thompson and accessioned by the British Museum on 9 April 1905
Th 1932-12-12 Tablets collected by Reginald Campbell Thompson and accessioned by the British Museum on 12 December 1932
TKSM Tablets in the collection of the Top Kapi Sarayi Müzesi, Istanbul
VAT Tablets in the collection of the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin

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