CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 016 (P404902)

Literary tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 038067

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 2 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [... u2]-masz-szil#
2'. [...] u2-szal-mid
3'. [... i-ta]-am#-gur an-na-a-tu2
4'. [... _dingir]-mesz#_ gul-lul-ti
5'. [...]-szu dam-qat#
6'. [...] _an#_-e i-lam-mad
7'. [...]-kim man-nu
8'. [... _dingir]-mesz_ a-pa-a-ti
9'. [...] u2-di-isz
10'. [...]-mar# uh-tab-ri
11'. [...]-mu#-ru e-le-li
12'. [...]-ra-pu lal-la-resz
13'. [...] t,e3#-em-szi-na szit-ni
14'. [...] sza2-lam-tísz
15'. [...]-na# i-la-szi-in
16'. [...] i#?-la-a sza2-ma-mi#
17'. [... a]-ra#-du er#-kal#-[la]
18'. [...]-ru qe2-[reb-...]
rest broken
reverse
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Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 2 (witness))
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

history: MC 24, no. 152

[Lambert2019MC24] Lambert, Wilfred G. 2019. Cuneiform Texts from the Folios of W.G. Lambert. Edited by Andrew R. George. Mesopotamian Civilizations 24. University Park, PA : Eisenbrauns.
history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, pl. 08 text II:B

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 038067
Accession No.: 1880-06-17, 1896

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-21 at 17:13:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-01-22 at 10:43:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-01-21 at 09:08:25	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2010-03-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Robson, Eleanor		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.38067) (BM.38067)
CAMS/Ludlul (P404902) (P404902)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P404902) (P404902)
British Museum Collection (W_1880-0617-1896) (W_1880-0617-1896)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 002701.02, Ex. 016 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404902.

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 016 artifact entry (No. P404902). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404902 (Original work published 2010)

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 016 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404902 (Accessed: March 20, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404902},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 002701.02, Ex. 016 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404902.

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 016 artifact entry (No. P404902). (2025, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404902 (Original work published 2010)

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 016 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404902 (Accessed: March 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-20]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 21},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.02, ex. 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404902},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404902},
}

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