CDLI Literary 002701.04, ex. 001 (P398276)

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 4 (Oshima))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
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1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. [...] sza2 KIL [...]
3'. [...] _dingir#-mesz#_ [...]
4'. [...] _{d#}1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_ e-ni-[ni? ...]
5'. [... isz]-ku#-nu-szu-nu naq-be#? [...]
6'. [...] da#?-x-ra-nu ki-lal-la-an [...]
7'. [...]-x-an-na szum-ru-s,a-ku#? [...]
8'. [... it]-ti#-szu2 bul-lu-t,u sza2-kin it#-[...]
9'. [... u2-bal]-li#-t,an-ni sze-ret-su# [...]
10'. [... am]-ma-szid ab-bu-ut-ta [...]
11'. [...] la#-bisz e ri x [...]
12'. [...] x me szib-bu [...]
13'. [...] x x qa-da-da-[nisz ...]
14'. [...] ina e2-sag-il2 szi-gu# [al-szi]
15'. [...] x x-ia szi-gu# [...]
16'. [...]-kad3#?-ru!# ina pi-szer3#-[ti ...]
17'. [...] 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, pl. 17, K 09724

    [Lambert1960BWL] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1960. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

  • history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text IV:C

    [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 09724

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-14 at 14:06:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 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
2017-01-21 at 11:49:27 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 002701.04, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398276.
CDLI Literary 002701.04, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P398276). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398276 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.04, ex. 001 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398276 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.04, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398276},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398276},
}


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