BM 041987 + BM 042111 (P480790)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 041987 + BM 042111

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

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-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain] "Late Babylonian," according to the British Museum.
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

Leichty, Finkel, and Walker 2019: 498, 502; join of BM 41987 + BM 42111, Jiménez (eBL)

CDLI number	P480790 P549621 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480790

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain] See Leichty, Finkel, and Walker 2019: 477
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 041987 + BM 042111
Accession Number	1881-06-25, 609 + 1881-06-25, 733

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.42111
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (ORACC CASPo)	P480790
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P480790
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q005085
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1881-0625-733
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (CASPo)	P480790.html

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-22 at 15:40:34	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan; Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	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

“BM 041987 + BM 042111 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P480790.

BM 041987 + BM 042111 artifact entry (No. P480790). (2024, August 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480790 (Original work published 2015)

BM 041987 + BM 042111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480790 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 22},
	title = {BM 041987 + {BM} 042111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480790},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480790},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 041987 + BM 042111 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P480790.

BM 041987 + BM 042111 artifact entry (No. P480790). (2024, August 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480790 (Original work published 2015)

BM 041987 + BM 042111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480790 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 22},
	title = {BM 041987 + {BM} 042111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480790},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480790},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P480790
LB  - CDLI:P480790
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - BM 041987 + BM 042111 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480790
ER  -