JCS 39, 046 (P357172)

Literary tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029632

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P357172
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P357172

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	Obverse almost completely destroyed, with illegible traces of two lines remaining

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain) possibly from Sippar
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 029632
Accession Number	1898-11-15, 0018

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.29632
Bilinguals in Late Mesopotamian Scholarship (BLMS)	P357172
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P357172
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1115-18

References

primary: JCS 39, 046

[Michalowski1987JCS39] Michalowski, Piotr. 1987. “On the Early History of the Ershahunga Prayer.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 39 (1): 37–48. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359984.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2007-01-29 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“JCS 39, 046 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357172.

JCS 39, 046 artifact entry (No. P357172). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357172 (Original work published 2007)

JCS 39, 046 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357172 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357172},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“JCS 39, 046 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P357172.

JCS 39, 046 artifact entry (No. P357172). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P357172 (Original work published 2007)

JCS 39, 046 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P357172 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {JCS 39, 046 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P357172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P357172},
}

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PY  - 2023
ID  - P357172
LB  - CDLI:P357172
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - JCS 39, 046 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P357172
ER  -