Ancient Magic 1, 95-96 (P480879)

Prayer tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 064174

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

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	P480879
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480879

Physical information

Single-column

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

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 064174
Accession Number	1882-09-18, 04143

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q005042
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0918-4143

References

primary: AMD 1 (pp. 83-121), 95-96

[Abusch1999AMD1] Abusch, Tzvi. 1999. “Witchcraft and the Anger of the Personal God.” In Mesopotamian Magic : Textual, Historical and Interpretative Perspectives, edited by Tzvi Abusch and Karel van der Toorn, 83–121. Ancient Magic and Divination 1. Groningen, NETHERLANDS : STYX Publications.
history: AfO 35 (pp. 1-23), 21

[Geller1988AfO35] Geller, Markham J. 1988. “New Duplicates to SBTU II.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 35: 1–23.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-09-12 at 16:53:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-12 at 09:59:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-29 at 22:09:26	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
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

“Ancient Magic 1, 95-96 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480879.

Ancient Magic 1, 95-96 artifact entry (No. P480879). (2025, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480879 (Original work published 2015)

Ancient Magic 1, 95-96 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480879 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Ancient Magic 1, 95-96 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480879.

Ancient Magic 1, 95-96 artifact entry (No. P480879). (2025, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480879 (Original work published 2015)

Ancient Magic 1, 95-96 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480879 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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