CDLI Literary 000793, ex. 003 (P283759)
Literary tablet dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 054612Provenience
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TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary (ETCSL 5.09.01 Home of Fish (witness))Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact Preservation: fragment
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history: Iraq 23 (pp. 154-175), 154
[Civil1961Iraq23] Civil, Miguel. 1961. “The Home of the Fish. A New Sumerian Literary Composition.” Iraq 23 (2): 154–75. https://doi.org/10.2307/4199704.
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history: CT 42, 25 BM 54612
[Figulla1959CT42] Figulla, Hugo H. 1959. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, Part 42. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
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history: JCS 18 (pp. 35-48), 35-48
[Kramer1964JCS18] Kramer, Samuel N. 1964. “CT XLII: A Review Article.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 18 (2): 35–48.
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- Museum No.: BM 054612
- Accession No.: 1882-05-22, 0932
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- Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-10-06 at 13:09:41 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-31 at 16:45:50 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact metadata | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Approved |
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| 2005-11-18 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Guerra, Dylan | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (5.9.1) (5.9.1)
- The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (5.9.1) (5.9.1)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.54612) (BM.54612)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P283759) (P283759)
- British Museum Collection (W_1882-0522-932) (W_1882-0522-932)
This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
| Composite | Score |
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| CDLI Literary 000793 (Home of Fish) composite (P478976) | View the score |
Cite this Artifacts
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note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-26]},
year = {2025},
month = {oct 6},
title = {CDLI {Literary} 000793, ex. 003 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P283759},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283759},
}
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