BWL pl. 73 VAT 08573 (P247832)

Lexical tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 08573

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Q000093 = ur5-ra 18; Q000094 = ur5-ra 19; Q000095 = ur5-ra 20; Q000096 = ur5-ra)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. te8-usz!(HU) ASZ-ur4{muszen} = %a x [...]-szu
2. te8#-usz!#(HU) gu#-la{muszen} = %a na-'i-i-ru
3. [us]{muszen} = %a u2!(KID)-su
  ruling
4. [tug2 szu] ku5#-da = %a szid-du
5. [tug2] ku5#-ku5-da = %a MIN<(szid-du)>
6. [tug2] kesz2-da du3-a = %a sza2 ina tap-pisz-ti na-du-u
  ruling
7. [a-szag4] pa-rim4 = %a na-ba-lu
8. [a]-szag4# aratta{ki} = %a eq-lu a-rat!(KAL)-te-e
9. [a]-szag4# aratta{ki} = %a MIN<(eq-lu)> tam-li-e
  ruling
10. e2# sa-bad = %a bi-it {d}gu-la
11. e2# lugal = %a MIN<(bi-it)> szar-ri
12. e2# dumu-munus lugal = %a MIN<(bi-it)> ma-rat-te MIN<(szar-ri)>
  ruling
13. i7# mah = %a s,i-ir-tu2
14. {i7#}idigna{{i-di-ig}} = %a i-di-ig-lat
15. {i7}buranun = %a pu#-rat-te
  ruling
16. [tu7] a uzu = %a um#-mar# me-e sze-e-ri
17. [tu7] a gazi = %a [...]
18. [...] sa? [...] = %a [...]
reverse
1'. [...]-ra-x [...]
2'. [...]-ma-x [...]
  ruling
3'. [...] = %a NI-[...]
4'. [mu] din#-sze3# = %a a-na ba#-lat,# [...]
5'. pa5# szita3 = %a mi-t,ir-tu2 [...]
  ruling
6'. {d}utu sag-kal dingir-re-e-ne-ke4# [...] x x
7'. %a a-na {d}sza2-masz a-sza2-red |AN.(ME.U.U.U)| [pi-qid]-su
  ruling
8'. [...]
9'. [...]
  ruling
10'. %a DISZ ina {iti}KIN UD 1(u) 5(disz)-|HIxBAD| {mul}|SZU.PA| {d}en-lil2 IGI-mar
11'. %a DISZ ina {iti}KIN UD 2(u) 5(disz)-kam {mul}|AB.NAM| IGI-mar

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (Q000093 = ur5-ra 18; Q000094 = ur5-ra 19; Q000095 = ur5-ra 20; Q000096 = ur5-ra) School text
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P247832

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number VAT 08573
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P247832
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P247832

References

  • primary: BWL, pl. 73 VAT 08573

    [Lambert1960BWL] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1960. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

  • history: MSL 11, 003 S2, 010 S7, 022 S5, 068 S2

    [Civil1974MSL11] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1974. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XX-XXIV. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 11. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: MSL 8/2, 95 S11

    [Landsberger1962MSL8/2] Landsberger, Benno. 1962. The Fauna of the Ancient Mesopotamia. Second Part. ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu Tablets XIV and XVII. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 8/2. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

  • history: MSL 10, 127 S9

    [Landsberger1970MSL10] Reiner, Erica, and Benno Landsberger. 1970. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XVI, XVII, XIX and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 10. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-07 at 09:55:48 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-03-07 at 09:42:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-03-06 at 16:58:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-02 at 09:21:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-14 at 14:06:53 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2008-05-26 at 04:30:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2004-07-29 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BWL Pl. 73 VAT 08573 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P247832.
BWL pl. 73 VAT 08573 artifact entry (No. P247832). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247832 (Original work published 2004)
BWL pl. 73 VAT 08573 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247832 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
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	title = {BWL pl. 73 {VAT} 08573 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247832},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247832},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BWL Pl. 73 VAT 08573 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P247832.
BWL pl. 73 VAT 08573 artifact entry (No. P247832). (2025, March 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247832 (Original work published 2004)
BWL pl. 73 VAT 08573 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247832 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 7},
	title = {BWL pl. 73 {VAT} 08573 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247832},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247832},
}


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