AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 (P480824)

Incantation 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 036584

Period

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

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Incantation

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P480824
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480824

Physical information

Single-column

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

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 036584
Accession Number	1880-06-17, 0311 + 1880-06-17, 0312

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.36584
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q005058
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-0617-311

References

primary: AMD 8/2, 788ff. and pl. 82, 7.25a, pl. 22

[Abusch2016AMD8/2] Abusch, Tzvi, and Daniel Schwemer. 2016. Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals. Volume Two. Vol. 8/2. Ancient Magic and Divination. Brill.
history: WdO 41, p.177-190, p. 188–189

[Schwemer2011anti-witchcraft] Schwemer, Daniel. 2011. “Evil Witches, Apotropaic Plants and the New Moon: Two Anti-Witchcraft Incantations from Babylon (BM 35672 and BM 36584).” Welt Des Orients 41: 177–90.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-05-12 at 18:30:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-16 at 09:34:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2015-06-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“AMD 8/2, 7.25a, Pl. 22 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480824.

AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 artifact entry (No. P480824). (2025, May 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480824 (Original work published 2015)

AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480824 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {may 12},
	title = {AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480824},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480824},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“AMD 8/2, 7.25a, Pl. 22 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480824.

AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 artifact entry (No. P480824). (2025, May 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480824 (Original work published 2015)

AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480824 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 12},
	title = {AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480824},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480824},
}

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