BM 038635 (P480829)

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 038635

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	P480829
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480829

Physical information

Single-column

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

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 038635
Accession Number	1880-11-12, 0519

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.38635
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q004209
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-1112-519

References

history: AMD 8/1, pls. 44-45

[Abusch2011AMD8/1] Abusch, Tzvi, and Daniel Schwemer. 2011. Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals Volume 1. Vol. 8/1. Ancient Magic and Divination. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-25 at 09:12:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-16 at 09:34:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-15 at 13:39:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	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

“BM 038635 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 25, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480829.

BM 038635 artifact entry (No. P480829). (2025, April 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480829 (Original work published 2015)

BM 038635 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480829 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	month = {apr 25},
	title = {BM 038635 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480829},
}

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DA  - 2025/4/25/
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TI  - BM 038635 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 038635 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 25, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480829.

BM 038635 artifact entry (No. P480829). (2025, April 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480829 (Original work published 2015)

BM 038635 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480829 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 25},
	title = {BM 038635 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480829},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480829},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/4/25/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P480829
LB  - CDLI:P480829
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - BM 038635 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480829
ER  -