CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 006 (P396913)

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 (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 2 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] i-te-ri#-[ik ...]
2'. [... ma-ka]-le-e zi-[...]
3'. [...] isz#-tah-hu da-mi# [...]
4'. [...]-x-ti-_mu_ us-su-[...]
5'. [...] nu#-up-pu-hu u2-riq#-[tum ...]
6'. [...] _{gesz}na4_ me-sze-rum mu-s,e-[e ...]
7'. [...]-ki#-ia i-tu-ra# [...]
8'. [...] _uzu_-ia na-da#-[a ...]
9'. [...] x rama#-ni#-[...]
10'. [...] x x [...]
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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: BWL (1963), pl. 07, K 06935

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

  • history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text II:J

    [Oshima2014PoemsPious] Oshima, Takayoshi. 2014. Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers : Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and the Babylonian Theodicy. Orientalische Religionen in Der Antike 14.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 06935

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-21 at 15:36:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-21 at 15:33:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-14 at 11:41:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune 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
2017-01-20 at 21:35:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. 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 002701.02, Ex. 006 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P396913.
CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 006 artifact entry (No. P396913). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P396913 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 006 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P396913 (Accessed: May 22, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.02, ex. 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P396913},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P396913},
}


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