CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 (P247863)

Lexical prism excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Metadata history
Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 092611

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (OB ur5-ra 4 not Nippur; stones, plants, birds, fish, clothing)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (OB ur5-ra 4 not Nippur; stones, plants, birds, fish, clothing)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Lexical 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite (P498271) Q000041 View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P247863

Physical information

dedication on top

Artifact type Prism
dedication on top
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 092611
Accession Number 1891-05-09 Bu, 0285

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.92611
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P247863
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P247863
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1891-0509-285

References

  • primary: CT 6, 11-14

    [Pinches1898CT6] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1898. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 6. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: MSL 10, 51, 117, 143

    [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.

  • history: CM 22, Plates 30-33.

    [Veldhuis2004CM22] Veldhuis, Niek. 2004. Religion, Literature, and Scholarship: The Sumerian Composition Nanse and the Birds: With a Catalogue of Sumerian Bird Names. Cuneiform Monographs 22. Leiden - Boston: Brill - Styx.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-03-10 at 19:04:55 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
2024-08-19 at 17:59:53 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune 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
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2004-08-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 06, Pl. 11-14, BM 092611 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P247863.
CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 artifact entry (No. P247863). (2025, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247863 (Original work published 2004)
CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247863 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
@misc{2025CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 10},
	title = {CT 06, pl. 11-14, {BM} 092611 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247863},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247863},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/10/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P247863
LB  - CDLI:P247863
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P247863
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 06, Pl. 11-14, BM 092611 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P247863.
CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 artifact entry (No. P247863). (2025, March 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247863 (Original work published 2004)
CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247863 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
@misc{2025CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 10},
	title = {CT 06, pl. 11-14, {BM} 092611 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247863},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247863},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/10/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P247863
LB  - CDLI:P247863
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - CT 06, pl. 11-14, BM 092611 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P247863
ER  -
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