BWL pl. 67 BM 038539 (P404904)

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

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 038539

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P404904
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P404904

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 038539
Accession Number	1880-11-12, 0423

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.38539
Bilinguals in Late Mesopotamian Scholarship (BLMS)	P404904
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P404904
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-1112-423

References

primary: BWL, pl. 67 BM 038539

[Lambert1960BWL] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1960. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

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
2024-07-14 at 14:06:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	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 09:44:24	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2010-03-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Robson, Eleanor		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BWL Pl. 67 BM 038539 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404904.

BWL pl. 67 BM 038539 artifact entry (No. P404904). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404904 (Original work published 2010)

BWL pl. 67 BM 038539 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404904 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	title = {BWL pl. 67 {BM} 038539 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404904},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404904},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BWL Pl. 67 BM 038539 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404904.

BWL pl. 67 BM 038539 artifact entry (No. P404904). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404904 (Original work published 2010)

BWL pl. 67 BM 038539 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404904 (Accessed: October 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 21},
	title = {BWL pl. 67 {BM} 038539 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404904},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404904},
}

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