OrNS 54, 219 (P355699)
Incantation tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 025145Provenience
uncertain (mod. uncertain)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. gu4 si-bi si ur2-ra murgu-bi a-sa-al
2. sza3!-ba ku3-sig17 ki-a tab-ba
3. umbin-bi zabar ki u4-ta
4. en-nam giri3 pa-an-tab
5. en ge6-par4-ra-ke4 giri3 pa-an-tab
6. i-in-da-ga i-in-da-am
7. gu4 babbar i-in-da-am
8. gu4 ge6 i-in-da-am
9. sze kur2 gal2 {d}utu gu4-da-am
10. ki?-bi na-an-gi4-gi4
11. te-ia3-nu-re
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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Incantation (incantation)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: OrNS 54 (pp. 216-225), 219
[Michalowski1985Magical] Michalowski, Piotr. 1985. “On Some Early Sumerian Magical Texts.” Orientalia NS 54: 216–25.
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history: AMD 1 (pp. 213-250), 250 Fig. 16
[Finkel1999AMD1] Finkel, Irving L. 1999. “On Some Dog, Snake and Scorpion Incantations.” In Mesopotamian Magic. Textual, Historical, and Interpretative Perspectives, edited by Tzvi Abusch and Karel van der Toorn, 213–50. Ancient Magic and Divination 1. Groningen: Styx.wrongly given as 25415
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- Museum No.: BM 025145
- Accession No.: 1898-02-16, 0199
- Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| 2025-09-13 at 14:32:22 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-08-31 at 19:14:03 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-08-18 at 13:46:59 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2017-02-16 at 12:23:41 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Tinney, Stephen J. | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.25145) (BM.25145)
- British Museum Collection (W_1898-0216-199) (W_1898-0216-199)
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2025OrNS,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
year = {2025},
month = {sep 13},
title = {OrNS 54, 219 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P355699},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P355699},
}
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