CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 004 (P404977)

Literary tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 11179

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

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'. [...] mu-na-[...]
2'. [...]-lam-me2 ha-[...]
3'. [...]-ru#-ba-am-ma it#-[...]
4'. [...]-szu-ma ih-[...]
5'. [...]-ma be-el-[...]
6'. [...] x-mi iz#-ziz# [...]
7'. puh#!-ram-ma a-[...]
8'. [sza2?] _lugal_-mi isz-pu#-[...]
9'. [i]-qu#-lu-ma ul i!-[...]
10'. [szu]-ut# isz-mu-nin-ni [...]
11'. [asz2-ni]-ma# szu-na-ta [...]
12'. [in _masz2]-ge6_ at,-t,u-lu [...]
13'. [...] ram-ku x [...]
14'. [{gesz}]szinig#_ mu#-[...]
15'. x x x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. [...] lagab2-bi-isz [...]
3'. [...] ne2 e e [...]
4'. [...]-ti# sza# u2-tap#-pi#-[...]
5'. [...]-si-ir i-dil#-[...]
6'. [...]-qu2# zu#-un-ni-[in-ni-...]
7'. [...]-x-tu e#-[...]
8'. [...] x x [...]
9'. [...] x x [...]
10'. [...] un-s,i x [...]
11'. [...] x x [...]
12'. [...]-la#-[...]
13'. [...] x x [...]
14'. [...]-sza2#? ib-ba [...]
15'. [...] a a [...]
16'. [...] x szi# [...]
  rest broken

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P404977

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 11179
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
CAMS/Ludlul (CAMS/Ludlul) P404977
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P404977

References

  • primary: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text III:F

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

  • history: BWL (1963), pl. 74, VAT 11179

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

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
2024-10-21 at 15:31:24 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2017-01-21 at 10:13:21 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-01-19 at 12:38:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-03-31 at 12:47:46 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. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404977.
CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P404977). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404977 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404977 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404977},
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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 002701.03, Ex. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404977.
CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 004 artifact entry (No. P404977). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404977 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404977 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.03, ex. 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404977},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404977},
}


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