HES 5, no. 2 (P414373)

Prayer tablet dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 128089

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Liturgy)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Liturgy)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P414373
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P414373

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 128089
Accession Number	1929-10-12, 0745

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.128089
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P414373
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1929-1012-745

References

primary: CLAM , p.704 ex. H

[Cohen1988CLAM] Cohen, Mark E. 1988. The Canonical Lamentations of Ancient Mesopotamia. Potomac, Md : Capital Decisions.
citation: HES 5, no. 2

[Gabbay2024HES5] Gabbay, Uri. 2024. The Balaĝ Prayer “Oh, My Abzu!” : The God Enki in Sumerian Laments. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag. Heidelberger Emesal-Studien 5.

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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-16 at 08:19:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-14 at 18:24:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-16 at 12:58:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 19:19:09	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	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
2010-08-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“HES 5, No. 2 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414373.

HES 5, no. 2 artifact entry (No. P414373). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414373 (Original work published 2010)

HES 5, no. 2 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414373 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“HES 5, No. 2 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414373.

HES 5, no. 2 artifact entry (No. P414373). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414373 (Original work published 2010)

HES 5, no. 2 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414373 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {HES 5, no. 2 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414373},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414373},
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