SBH 53 (P414318)

Ritual and liturgical tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 00159 + VAT 00207 + VAT 00301 + VAT 00317 + VAT 00367 + VAT 00587 + VAT 02180 + VAT 02181

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Ritual and liturgical (Liturgy)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary > Ritual and liturgical (Liturgy)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P414318
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P414318

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)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 00159 + VAT 00207 + VAT 00301 + VAT 00317 + VAT 00367 + VAT 00587 + VAT 02180 + VAT 02181
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Bilinguals in Late Mesopotamian Scholarship (BLMS)	P414318
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P414318

References

primary: SBH, 53

[Reisner1896SBH] Reisner, George A. 1896. Sumerisch-Babylonische Hymnen Nach Thontafeln Griechischer Zeit. Berlin : W. Spemann.
history: HES 2, p. 151 B

[Gabbay2015ErsemaPrayers] Gabbay, Uri. 2015. The Eršema Prayers of the First Millennium BC. Heidelberger Emesal-Studien 2. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag.

Vat 159 rev.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-03 at 14:10:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-03 at 11:41:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-03 at 11:38:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 13:30:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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
2010-08-16 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SBH 53 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414318.

SBH 53 artifact entry (No. P414318). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414318 (Original work published 2010)

SBH 53 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414318 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	month = {aug 3},
	title = {SBH 53 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414318},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“SBH 53 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414318.

SBH 53 artifact entry (No. P414318). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414318 (Original work published 2010)

SBH 53 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414318 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

@misc{2025SBH,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 3},
	title = {SBH 53 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414318},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414318},
}

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PY  - 2025
ID  - P414318
LB  - CDLI:P414318
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - SBH 53 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414318
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