OrNS 59, 480 (P480776)

Literary cylinder and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 034970

Period

Provenience

Artifact Type

Cylinder

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary School text
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P480776
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480776

Physical information

Artifact type	Cylinder
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 034970
Accession Number	Sp 2, 0493

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.34970
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (ORACC CASPo)	P480776
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P480776
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Sp-II-493
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (CASPo)	P480776.html

References

primary: OrNS 59 (pp. 449-490), 480

[Mayer1990OrNS59] Mayer, Werner R. 1990. “Sechs Šu-Ila-Gebete.” Orientalia NS 59 (4): 449–90.
history: AOAT 275, 670

[Gesche2000AOAT275] Gesche, Petra D. 2000. Schulunterricht in Babylonien Im Ersten Jahrtausend Vor Christus. Vol. 275. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-18 at 10:48:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-18 at 10:17:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-09 at 14:27:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-02 at 14:57:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56	Lenzi, Alan	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan	Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48	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
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
2015-06-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“OrNS 59, 480 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480776.

OrNS 59, 480 artifact entry (No. P480776). (2025, April 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480776 (Original work published 2015)

OrNS 59, 480 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480776 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 18},
	title = {OrNS 59, 480 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480776},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480776},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“OrNS 59, 480 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480776.

OrNS 59, 480 artifact entry (No. P480776). (2025, April 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480776 (Original work published 2015)

OrNS 59, 480 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480776 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

@misc{2025OrNS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 18},
	title = {OrNS 59, 480 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480776},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480776},
}

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DA  - 2025/4/18/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P480776
LB  - CDLI:P480776
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - OrNS 59, 480 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480776
ER  -