VAT 00035 (P480915)

Prayer tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 00035

Period

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

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

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

Record

CDLI number	P480915
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480915

Physical information

Small

Artifact type	Tablet Small
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 00035
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q004228

References

history: AMD 8/1, pl. 103

[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
2024-07-15 at 13:39:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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

“VAT 00035 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 25, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480915.

VAT 00035 artifact entry (No. P480915). (2025, April 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480915 (Original work published 2015)

VAT 00035 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480915 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“VAT 00035 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 25, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480915.

VAT 00035 artifact entry (No. P480915). (2025, April 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480915 (Original work published 2015)

VAT 00035 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480915 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 25},
	title = {VAT 00035 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480915},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480915},
}

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