BDC — (P480808)

Prayer tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in BD Collection, California, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

BD Collection, California, USA

Museum Number

BDC —

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

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	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P480808
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480808

Physical information

Single-column

Artifact type	Tablet Single-column
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	BD Collection, California, USA
Museum Number	BDC —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q005057

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2015-06-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BDC — Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 5, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P480808.

BDC — artifact entry (No. P480808). (2023, July 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480808 (Original work published 2015)

BDC — artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480808 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 5},
	title = {BDC --- artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480808},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480808},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/7/5/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P480808
LB  - CDLI:P480808
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - BDC — artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480808
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BDC — Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 5, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P480808.

BDC — artifact entry (No. P480808). (2023, July 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480808 (Original work published 2015)

BDC — artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480808 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

@misc{2023BDC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 5},
	title = {BDC --- artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480808},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480808},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/7/5/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P480808
LB  - CDLI:P480808
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - BDC — artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480808
ER  -