AOAT 275, 303, BM 037658 (P349478)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 037658

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer School text
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P349478 P480779 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P349478

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 037658
Accession Number	1880-06-17, 1415

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.37658
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (ORACC CASPo)	P349478
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P349478
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-0617-1415
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (CASPo)	P349478.html

References

primary: AOAT 275, 303, BM 037658

[Gesche2000AOAT275] Gesche, Petra D. 2000. Schulunterricht in Babylonien Im Ersten Jahrtausend Vor Christus. Vol. 275. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
history: OrNS 59 (pp. 449-490), 483

[Mayer1990OrNS59] Mayer, Werner R. 1990. “Sechs Šu-Ila-Gebete.” Orientalia NS 59 (4): 449–90.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-18 at 14:45:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-02 at 14:57:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-26 at 08:50:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56	Lenzi, Alan	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan	Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-11-16 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“AOAT 275, 303, BM 037658 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P349478.

AOAT 275, 303, BM 037658 artifact entry (No. P349478). (2025, April 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P349478 (Original work published 2006)

AOAT 275, 303, BM 037658 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P349478 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“AOAT 275, 303, BM 037658 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P349478.

AOAT 275, 303, BM 037658 artifact entry (No. P349478). (2025, April 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P349478 (Original work published 2006)

AOAT 275, 303, BM 037658 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P349478 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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