Meier Maqlu 02 VAT 10009 (P404877)

Prayer tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 10009

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P404877
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P404877

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 10009
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q002706

References

primary: Meier Maqlû, Maqlu 02 VAT 10009

[Meier1937Maqlû] Meier, Gerhard. 1937. Die Assyrische Beschwörungssammlung Maqlû. Vol. 2. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft.
history: KAR, 235

[Ebeling1919-1923KAR] Ebeling, Erich. 1919-1923. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur Religiösen Inhalts. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, Band 28 & 34. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.
history: KAL 4, 26

[Maul2011KAL4] Maul, Stefan M., and Rita Strauß. 2011. Ritualbeschreibungen Und Gebete I. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur Literarischen Inhalts, Band 4. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-09 at 07:32:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-01 at 18:23:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2010-03-28 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Meier Maqlu 02 VAT 10009 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404877.

Meier Maqlu 02 VAT 10009 artifact entry (No. P404877). (2024, July 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404877 (Original work published 2010)

Meier Maqlu 02 VAT 10009 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404877 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Meier Maqlu 02 VAT 10009 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404877.

Meier Maqlu 02 VAT 10009 artifact entry (No. P404877). (2024, July 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404877 (Original work published 2010)

Meier Maqlu 02 VAT 10009 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404877 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 9},
	title = {Meier {Maqlu} 02 {VAT} 10009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404877},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404877},
}

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