CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 002 (P404911)

Literary tablet 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 054821

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 3 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. asz#-[...]
2'. ina _masz2#-[ge6_ ...]
3'. isz-te-et [...]
4'. ni-szisz la ka#-[...]
5'. szar-rat _ug3-mesz#_ [...]
6'. i-ru-ba-am-ma# [...]
7'. iq-ba-a a-hu#-[...]
8'. la ta-pal-[...]
9'. u3 ina mim-ma [...]
10'. iq-bu-u2 a#-[...]
11'. a-a-um-ma# [...]
12'. ina _masz2-ge6_ ur#-[...]
13'. _gurusz_ t,ar3-[...]
14'. _masz-masz_-um-ma [...]
15'. {d}marduk-ma [...]
16'. a-na szub-szi#-[...]
17'. ina# _szu#-min#_-szu2# _ku3#-mesz#_ [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. ap-pi sza2 ina# [...]
3'. u2-sza2-asz2-szih# [...]
4'. szap-ta-[...]
5'. ik-pur pul-hat# [...]
6'. pi-ia sza2 uk#-[...]
7'. im-szu-usz [...]
8'. szin#-na-a-a# [...]
9'. ip#-ti bi-[...]
10'. li-sza2-nu sza2# [...]
11'. im-szu-usz [...]
12'. ur-u2#-du [...]
13'. usz-t,ib-ma [...]
14'. lu-'-i sza2 [...]
15'. x x [...]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 3 (witness))
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P404911

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 054821
Accession Number 1882-05-22, 1150

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.54821
CAMS/Ludlul (CAMS/Ludlul) P404911
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P404911
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1882-0522-1150

References

  • history: BWL (1963), pl. 74, BM 054821

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

  • history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text III: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
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
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 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 09:48:06 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 002701.03, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404911.
CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P404911). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404911 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404911 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404911},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404911},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 002701.03, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404911.
CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P404911). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404911 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404911 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.03, ex. 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404911},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404911},
}


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