CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 006 (P397986)

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 1 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. in#-[...]
2'. si#-im#-[...]
3'. isz#-szak#-[...]
4'. usz-te-s,i# [...]
5'. dal-ha te-re#-[...]
6'. it-ti _{lu2}hal_ u [...]
7'. ina pi-i _e-sir2#_ [...]
8'. at-til ina szat mu-szu [...]
9'. _lugal uzu digir-mesz_ [...]
10'. lib3-bu-usz ik-ka-s,ir-ma# [...]
11'. na-an-za-zi tesz2-lit usz-ta#-[...]
12'. pah-ru-ma ra-man-szu-nu u2-szah#-ha-zu# [...]
13'. szum-ma isz-ten-ma na-pisz-ta-szu2 u2-[...]
14'. i-qab-bi sza2-nu-u2 u2-szat-bi ter-[...]
  line preceded by 1(u)
15'. sza2 ki-ma szal-szi qip-ta-szu2 a-tam-ma# [...]
16'. er-ru-ub bit-usz-szu 4(disz){+u2} i-ta# [...]
17'. 5(disz){+szu} pi-i ha-sze-e szu-bal# [...]
18'. 6(disz){+szu} 7{u2} i-rad-du-u sze# [...]
19'. ik#-s,ur-nim-ma ri-kisz se-bet il# [...]
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1. [...] mi#-isz la pa-du-u2 u2# [...]
2. [...] isz-ten _uzu_{mesz}-szu-nu-ma [...]
3. in#?-na-ad-ru#-num-ma na-an# [...]
4. tusz-szu u nap-ra-ku u2 [...]
5. mut2-tal2-lu pi-ia a-pa# [...]
  line preceded by 1(u)
6. szap-ta-a-a sza2 it-ta-[x]
7. sza2-pu-tum sza2-gi-ma-ti
8. sza2-qa-a-ti ri-sza-a ik#-[...]
9. lib3-bi kab-ba-ra-a
10. ra-pa-asz2-szi i-ra#-[...]
11. sza-di-ha, a-ha,-a#-a#
12. sza2 e#-!-lisz at-tal-la#
13. szar-ra-ha,-ku-ma
14. a-na rap-szi ki#-[...]
15. su-qu a-ba#-[...]
  line preceded by 1(u)
81. e-ru-ub _e2#?-[gal_-...]
82. _iri#-mu_ ki-i a#-[a-bi ...]
83. tu-sza2-ma nak#-[ra-ti ...]
84. a#-na# [...]

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: BWL (1963), pl. 03, K 09237

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

  • history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text I:I

    [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 09237

  • 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 19:07:10 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
2017-02-22 at 18:33:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-01-20 at 09:46:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Oshima, Takayoshi CDLI approved View
2017-01-19 at 12:32:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-11-06 at 17:27:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-01-31 at 17:53:54 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 002701.01, Ex. 006 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P397986.
CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 006 artifact entry (No. P397986). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397986 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 006 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397986 (Accessed: May 14, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.01, ex. 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397986},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397986},
}


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