Lamaštu D2 (P397850)

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

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)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P397850 P394501 (retired) P399464 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P397850

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

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 02543 + K 03422 + K 10486 + K 10765 + K 11572 (+) K 08996 + K 10968 + K 11105 + K 19475 (+) K 11819

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.10968 + K.11105 + K.19475 + K.8996
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P397850
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-8996

References

primary: Lamaštu, D2, pls. 28-30

[Farber2014Lamaštu] Farber, Walter. 2014. Lamaštu. An Edition of the Canonical Series of Lamaštu Incantations and Rituals and Related Texts from the Second and First Millennia B.C. Mesopotamian Civilizations 17. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. https://www.eisenbrauns.org/books/titles/978-1-57506-258-7.html.
history: ZA 016 (pp. 201 - 239), 200 (K 03422)

[Virolleaud1902ZA16] Virolleaud, Charles. 1902. “Présages Tirés Éclipses de Soleil et de l’obscurcissement Du Soleil Ou Du Ciel (Par Les Nuages).” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 16: 201–39.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-01 at 09:12:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-22 at 13:05:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-09 at 08:28:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-21 at 23:15:51	Willighagen, Lars	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Willighagen, Lars		Willighagen, Lars	Approved
2024-05-20 at 14:18:06	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 19:07:10	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

“Lamaštu D2 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P397850.

Lamaštu D2 artifact entry (No. P397850). (2025, August 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397850 (Original work published 2010)

Lamaštu D2 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397850 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 1},
	title = {Lama{\v s}tu {D2} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397850},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397850},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Lamaštu D2 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P397850.

Lamaštu D2 artifact entry (No. P397850). (2025, August 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397850 (Original work published 2010)

Lamaštu D2 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397850 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

@misc{2025Lamastu,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 1},
	title = {Lama{\v s}tu {D2} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397850},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397850},
}

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DA  - 2025/8/1/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P397850
LB  - CDLI:P397850
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - Lamaštu D2 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P397850
ER  -