CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 009 (P404881)

Literary tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 2 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. szat-tam-ma a-na ba#-[lat, ...]
2. a-sah-hur-ma [...]
3. za-pur-tum u2-ta#-[s,a-pa ...]
4. _dingir_ al-si-ma [...]
5. u2-sal-li {d}isz-ta#-[ri ...]
6. _{lu2}hal_ ina bi-ri [...]
7. ina ma-asz2-szak-ka {lu2}ensi# [...]
8. za-qi2-qu a-bal-ma [...]
9. _{lu2}masz-masz_ ina ki-kit,-t,e-e [...]
10. a-a-it [...]
11. a-mur#-[ma ...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
  (rest of colophon to be entered)

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 2 (witness))
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P404881

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number DT 151

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) DT.151
CAMS/Ludlul (CAMS/Ludlul) P404881
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P404881
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P404881
British Museum Collection (BM) W_DT-151

References

  • history: BWL (1963), pl. 06, DT 151

    [Lambert1963BWL] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1963. Babylonian Wisdom Literature.

  • history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text II:O

    [Oshima2014PoemsPious] Oshima, Takayoshi. 2014. Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers : Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and the Babylonian Theodicy. Orientalische Religionen in Der Antike 14.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-21 at 15:36:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-21 at 15:33:53 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-14 at 11:41:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:19:09 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-01-20 at 21:41:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-01-19 at 12:37:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-01-31 at 19:12:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-03-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Robson, Eleanor CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 002701.02, Ex. 009 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404881.
CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 009 artifact entry (No. P404881). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404881 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 009 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404881 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.02, ex. 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404881},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404881},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 002701.02, Ex. 009 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404881.
CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 009 artifact entry (No. P404881). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404881 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 009 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404881 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404881},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404881},
}


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