BM 048008 + BM 048028 (P480870)

Prayer tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 048008 + BM 048028

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

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	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P480870
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480870

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 048008 + BM 048028
Accession Number	1881-11-03, 0717 + 1881-11-03, 0737

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.48008
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q005089
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1881-1103-717

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	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 048008 + BM 048028 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P480870.

BM 048008 + BM 048028 artifact entry (No. P480870). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480870 (Original work published 2015)

BM 048008 + BM 048028 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480870 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {BM 048008 + {BM} 048028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480870},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480870},
}

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DA  - 2023/9/9/
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M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BM 048008 + BM 048028 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 048008 + BM 048028 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P480870.

BM 048008 + BM 048028 artifact entry (No. P480870). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480870 (Original work published 2015)

BM 048008 + BM 048028 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480870 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {BM 048008 + {BM} 048028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480870},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480870},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P480870
LB  - CDLI:P480870
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BM 048008 + BM 048028 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480870
ER  -