MSL 17, 056 I (P388223)

Lexical tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 038174

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Erimhusz)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Lexical (Erimhusz)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P388223
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P388223

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 038174
Accession Number	1880-11-12, 0056

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.38174
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT)	P388223
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P388223
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-1112-56

References

primary: MSL 17, 056 I

[Cavigneaux1985MSL17] Cavigneaux, Antoine. 1985. The Series Erim-Ḫuš = Anantu and An-Ta-Gál = Šaqû. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 17. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-21 at 17:13:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2009-03-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“MSL 17, 056 I Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P388223.

MSL 17, 056 I artifact entry (No. P388223). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388223 (Original work published 2009)

MSL 17, 056 I artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388223 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388223},
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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 17, 056 I Artifact Entry.” (2009) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P388223.

MSL 17, 056 I artifact entry (No. P388223). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P388223 (Original work published 2009)

MSL 17, 056 I artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P388223 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 21},
	title = {MSL 17, 056 {I} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P388223},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P388223},
}

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PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P388223
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - MSL 17, 056 I artifact entry
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