AOAT 275, 385, BM 54201 (P247840)

Lexical tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 054201

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (szurpu 2; Q000092 = ur5-ra 17; Q000093 = ur5-ra 18)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. %a {d}|AMAR.UD| lip-t,ur LUGAL [{d}i2-gi3-gi3]
2. %a {d}zar-pa-ni-tum li-t,ur# [szar-rat e2-sag-il2]
3. %a e2-sag-il2 u babilax(E){ki} lip#-[t,u-ru szu-bat |AN.(ME.U.U.U)| |GAL.(ME.U.U.U)|]
4. %a {d}PA u {d}na-na-a lip-t,u#-[ru ina e2-zi-da]
5. %a {d}tasz-me-tum lip-t,ur kal-[la-tum GAL-tum]
6. %a {d}|DI.TAR| lip-t,ur |GU.ZA.LAL|# [e2-sag-il2]
7. %a {d}|KA.GA.(IGI.ERIN2)|# lip#-t,ur [mu-sze-rib dam-qa-a-ti]
8. %a |(EZENxBAD).AN.KI| u e2-dim-gal-kalam#-[ma lip-t,ur-ru]
  ruling
  5 lines illegible
reverse
1'. {u2}nu#-[gi] = %a [...]
2'. {u2}nu-gi# sig7#-[sig7] = %a [...]
3'. {u2}in-nu-[usz] = %a [...]
4'. {u}ra-a-[na] = %a [...]
5'. {u2}kur-ra# = %a [...]
6'. {u2}si-si-ku# = %a [...]
7'. {u2}x = %a [...]
  ruling
8'. dim2{[ku6]} = %a [...]
9'. me-MIN<(dim2)>{[ku6]} = %a [...]
10'. gir{[ku6]} = %a [...]
11'. gir-usz{[ku6]} = %a [...]
12'. gir-szu2{[ku6]} = %a [...]
13'. gir-gid2{[ku6]} = %a [...]
14'. gir-gid2{[ku6]} = %a [...]
15'. gir-a-ab-ba#{[ku6]} = %a [...]
left
1. iti [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (szurpu 2; Q000092 = ur5-ra 17; Q000093 = ur5-ra 18) School text
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P247840

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 054201
Accession Number 1882-05-22, 0351

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P247840
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P247840

References

  • primary: AOAT 275, 385, BM 54201

    [Gesche2000AOAT275] Gesche, Petra D. 2000. Schulunterricht in Babylonien Im Ersten Jahrtausend Vor Christus. Vol. 275. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

  • citation: Fs Stol (pp. 47-52), 48

    [Linssen2008FsStol] Linssen, Marc J.H. 2008. “Unpublished Fragments from the Burning Ritual Series (Šurpu) from the British Museum.” Studies in Ancient Near Eastern World View and Society Presented to Marten Stol on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday, 10 November 2005, and His Retirement from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 47–52.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-02-28 at 17:58:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-09-15 at 07:45:12 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-03-18 at 17:40:19 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-07 at 12:22:52 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-26 at 08:50:32 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
2019-09-21 at 21:52:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 04:32:54 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 Artifact

“AOAT 275, 385, BM 54201  Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 28, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P247840.
AOAT 275, 385, BM 54201  artifact entry (No. P247840). (2026, February 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247840 (Original work published 2004)
AOAT 275, 385, BM 54201  artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247840 (Accessed: August 15, 2026).
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	year = {2026},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247840},
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Cite this Artifact

“AOAT 275, 385, BM 54201  Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 28, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P247840.
AOAT 275, 385, BM 54201  artifact entry (No. P247840). (2026, February 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247840 (Original work published 2004)
AOAT 275, 385, BM 54201  artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247840 (Accessed: August 15, 2026).
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	year = {2026},
	month = {feb 28},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247840},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247840},
}


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