CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 013 (P404910)

Literary tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 054794

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

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'. ia-a#-[...]
2'. mur-s,u# [...]
3'. im-hul-lu isz#-[...]
4'. isz-tu i-rat [...]
5'. szu-u2-lu lem-nu [...]
6'. u2#-tuk#-ku la ne2#-[...]
7'. la-masz-tum ur#-[...]
8'. it-ti _a-mesz#_ [...]
9'. it-ti ur-[...]
10'. in#-na-an#-du ...]
11'. ⌈i#-na-ru# [...]
12'. pu#-u2#-tu i-ki-lu u2-na-[...]
13'. la-ba-nu i-ti4-qu u2-[...]
14'. ir-tum im-ha-s,u [...]
15'. s,e-e-ri il-pu-tu# [...]
16'. i-na re-esz lib3-bi-ia ip#-[...]
17'. qer-bi-ia id-lu-hu u2#-[...]
18'. szu-u2-lu ha-ah-hu u2-[...]
19'. mesz-re-ti-ia u2-la-[...]
20'. la-a!-nu zaq-ru [...]
21'. gat-tum rap-sza2-ti# [...]
22'. ki-ma# mul#-lil-ti an#-[...]
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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. 153

[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. 09 text II:C

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 054794
Accession No.: 1882-05-22, 1123

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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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
2025-01-22 at 16:55:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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 08:51:19	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.54794) (BM.54794)
CAMS/Ludlul (P404910) (P404910)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P404910) (P404910)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0522-1123) (W_1882-0522-1123)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 002701.02, Ex. 013 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404910.

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 013 artifact entry (No. P404910). (2025, January 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404910 (Original work published 2010)

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 013 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404910 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 22},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.02, ex. 013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404910},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404910},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 002701.02, Ex. 013 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404910.

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 013 artifact entry (No. P404910). (2025, January 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404910 (Original work published 2010)

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 013 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404910 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 22},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.02, ex. 013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404910},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404910},
}

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PY  - 2025
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M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 013 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P404910
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