CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 016 (P404902)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 038067

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 2 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [... u2]-masz-szil#
2'. [...] u2-szal-mid
3'. [... i-ta]-am#-gur an-na-a-tu2
4'. [... _dingir]-mesz#_ gul-lul-ti
5'. [...]-szu dam-qat#
6'. [...] _an#_-e i-lam-mad
7'. [...]-kim man-nu
8'. [... _dingir]-mesz_ a-pa-a-ti
9'. [...] u2-di-isz
10'. [...]-mar# uh-tab-ri
11'. [...]-mu#-ru e-le-li
12'. [...]-ra-pu lal-la-resz
13'. [...] t,e3#-em-szi-na szit-ni
14'. [...] sza2-lam-tísz
15'. [...]-na# i-la-szi-in
16'. [...] i#?-la-a sza2-ma-mi#
17'. [... a]-ra#-du er#-kal#-[la]
18'. [...]-ru qe2-[reb-...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P404902

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 038067
Accession Number 1880-06-17, 1896

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.38067
CAMS/Ludlul (CAMS/Ludlul) P404902
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P404902
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1880-0617-1896

References

  • history: MC 24, no. 152

    [Lambert2019MC24] Lambert, Wilfred G. 2019. Cuneiform Texts from the Folios of W.G. Lambert. Edited by Andrew R. George. Mesopotamian Civilizations 24. University Park, PA : Eisenbrauns.

  • history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, pl. 08 text II:B

    [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
2025-11-21 at 17:13:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-01-22 at 10:43:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2017-01-21 at 09:08:25 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. 016 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404902.
CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 016 artifact entry (No. P404902). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404902 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 016 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404902 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 21},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.02, ex. 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404902},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 002701.02, Ex. 016 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404902.
CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 016 artifact entry (No. P404902). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404902 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 016 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404902 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 21},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404902},
}


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