CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 002 (P396021)

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

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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 (enuma elish 1 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. e-nu-ma# [e]-lisz# la na-bu-u2 sza2-ma-mu
2. szap-lisz [...]-tum szu-ma la zak-rat
3. _abzu_-ma resz#-tu-u2 za-ru-szu-un
4. mu-um-mu {d}ti#-amat mu-al-li-da-at gim-ri-szu2-un
5. _a-mesz_-szu2-nu isz-te-nisz i-hi-qu-u2-ma
6. gi-pa-ra la ki-is,-s,u-ru s,u-s,a-a la sze-'-u2
7. e-nu-ma _dingir-mesz_ la szu-pu-u ma-na-ma#
8. szu-ma la zuk-ku-ru szi-ma-tu2 la# [...]
9. ib-ba-nu-u2-ma _dingir-dingir_ [...]
10. {d}lah-mu {d}la-ha-mu usz-ta-pu-u2# [...]
11. a-di ir-bu-u2 [...]
12. an-szar2 {d}ki-szar2 ib-ba-nu#-[...]
13. ur-ri-ku _u4#-mesz#_ us,#-[...]
14. {d}a-nu [...]
15. an-szar2# {d#}[...]
16. u# [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
  (colophon)

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Consult sign list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: CT 13, pl. 01, K 05419c

    [King1901CT13] King, Leonard W. 1901. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts From Babylonian Tablets In The British Museum 13.

  • history: STC 1, XCVII

    [King1902STC1] King, Leonard W. 1902. The Seven Tablets of Creation: Vol. I : English Translations, Transliterations, Glossary, Introduction, Etc. Vol. 12. Luzac’s Semitic Text and Translation Series . London : Luzac.

  • history: MC 16, 045

    [LambertWG2013MC16] Lambert, Wilfred G. 2013. Babylonian Creation Myths. Mesopotamian Civilizations 16. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns.

  • history: BM Creation 32

    [sec103004] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 05419c

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-25 at 15:21:31 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:03:55 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-05-15 at 19:24:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-11-03 at 16:30:19 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 002718.01, Ex. 002 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P396021.
CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 002 artifact entry (No. P396021). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P396021 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P396021 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
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	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002718.01, ex. 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P396021},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P396021},
}


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