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CDLI Literary 002718.07, ex. 007 (P480221)

Literary tablet dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 035506 + BM 099642

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (enuma elish 7 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (enuma elish 7 (witness))
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

history: STC 2, pl. 46-48

[King1902STC2] King, Leonard W. 1902. The Seven Tablets of Creation: Vol. 2 Supplementary Texts. Vol. 13. Luzac’s Semitic Text and Translation Series. London : Luzac.
history: MC 16, 123 + pl. 27 BM 035506+

[LambertWG2013MC16] Lambert, Wilfred G. 2013. Babylonian Creation Myths. Mesopotamian Civilizations 16. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 035506 + BM 099642
Accession No.: Sp 3, 0012 + 1883-01-21, 2004

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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-25 at 10:57:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-05-25 at 15:14:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2015-04-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.35506) (BM.35506)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P480221) (P480221)
The British Museum Collection (W_Sp-III-12_1) (W_Sp-III-12_1)

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 002718.07, Ex. 007 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 25, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480221.

CDLI Literary 002718.07, ex. 007 artifact entry (No. P480221). (2025, April 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480221 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Literary 002718.07, ex. 007 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480221 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480221},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480221},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 002718.07, Ex. 007 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 25, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480221.

CDLI Literary 002718.07, ex. 007 artifact entry (No. P480221). (2025, April 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480221 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Literary 002718.07, ex. 007 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480221 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480221},
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