HES 5, no. 4b (P451827)

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 —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P451827
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P451827

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 —
Accession Number	1879-07-08, 0083

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1879,0708.83
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P451827
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1879-0708-83

References

primary: HES 5, no. 4b

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

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
2025-08-15 at 18:32:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-14 at 18:05:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 19:29:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-02-02 at 09:25:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2013-04-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“HES 5, No. 4b Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P451827.

HES 5, no. 4b artifact entry (No. P451827). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P451827 (Original work published 2013)

HES 5, no. 4b artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P451827 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“HES 5, No. 4b Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P451827.

HES 5, no. 4b artifact entry (No. P451827). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P451827 (Original work published 2013)

HES 5, no. 4b artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P451827 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {HES 5, no. 4b artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P451827},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P451827},
}

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