Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text Theodicy G (P395025)

Literary tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Lineart (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P395025 P394023 (retired) P397642 (retired) P397653 (retired) P402813 (retired) P403148 (retired) P396270 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P395025

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	BM web site: Part of Sp 2, 0265. Believed to be same tablet as K 01743, K 05932, K 08463, K 08491 and K17861+ (Finkel & Oshima, Sep 2011)

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 01743 + K 10858 ( + ) K 03452 + K 05457bis? + K 08463 + K 10301 + K 17578 + K 17861 + K 18535 + K 20280 + Sm 0147 + Sm 0624 ( + ) K 05932 ( + ) K 08491 + K 13929

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.17578 + K.3452 + Sm.147
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P395025
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-17578

References

primary: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text Theodicy G

[Oshima2014PoemsPious] Oshima, Takayoshi. 2014. Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers : Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and the Babylonian Theodicy. Orientalische Religionen in Der Antike 14.
history: BWL (1963), pl. 19 K 08463 + pl. 20 K 03452 + pl. 21 K 08491 + pl. 22 K 05932 + pl. 22 K 01743

[Lambert1963BWL] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1963. Babylonian Wisdom Literature.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-21 at 15:36:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers Text Theodicy G Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P395025.

Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text Theodicy G artifact entry (No. P395025). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P395025 (Original work published 2010)

Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text Theodicy G artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P395025 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers Text Theodicy G Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P395025.

Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text Theodicy G artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P395025 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P395025},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P395025},
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