JCS 68, 220 (P498482)

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

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 047498

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (hemerology)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (hemerology)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P498482
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P498482

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 047498
Accession Number	1881-11-03, 0203

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.47498
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1881-1103-203

References

primary: JCS 68 (pp. 197-227), 220

[Jiménez2016JCS68] Jiménez, Enrique. 2016. “Loose Threads of Tradition: Two Late Hemerological Compilations.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 68: 197–227. https://doi.org/10.5615/jcunestud.68.2016.0197.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-28 at 11:35:40	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
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2016-06-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 68, 220 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498482.

JCS 68, 220 artifact entry (No. P498482). (2024, August 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498482 (Original work published 2016)

JCS 68, 220 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498482 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 68, 220 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498482.

JCS 68, 220 artifact entry (No. P498482). (2024, August 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498482 (Original work published 2016)

JCS 68, 220 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498482 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 28},
	title = {JCS 68, 220 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498482},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498482},
}

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