BWL pl. 26 BM 066882 + BM 076506 (P404917)

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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British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 066882 + BM 076009 + BM 076506 + BM 076832 + BM 083044 + BM 083045 + BM 083046

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Babylonian Theodicy (commentary))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Literary (Babylonian Theodicy (commentary))
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BWL, pl. 26 BM 066882 + BM 076506

[Lambert1960BWL] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1960. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Oxford : Clarendon Press.
history: CT 41, 40-41 (BM 066882), 44 (BM 076506)

[Gadd1931CT41] Gadd, Cyril J. 1931. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 41.
history: Labat, Commentaires, no. 14, 19

[Labat1933Commentaires] Labat, René. 1933. Commentaires Assyro-Babyloniens Sur Les Présages. Bordeaux : Imprimerie-Librairie de l’Université.
history: MC 24, no. 255

[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, text Theodicy commentary

[Oshima2014PoemsPious] Oshima, Takayoshi. 2014. Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers : Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and the Babylonian Theodicy. Orientalische Religionen in Der Antike 14.
history: (<http://ccp.yale.edu/, P404917>)

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Museum No.: BM 066882 + BM 076009 + BM 076506 + BM 076832 + BM 083044 + BM 083045 + BM 083046
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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
2025-08-16 at 07:49:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-01-22 at 17:04:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-01-22 at 16:55:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-24 at 06:53:53	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-07-14 at 14:06:53	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
2023-06-15 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
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.66882) (BM.66882)
Cuneiform Commentaries Project on ORACC (P404917) (P404917)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P404917) (P404917)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0918-6876) (W_1882-0918-6876)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BWL Pl. 26 BM 066882 + BM 076506 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404917.

BWL pl. 26 BM 066882 + BM 076506 artifact entry (No. P404917). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404917 (Original work published 2010)

BWL pl. 26 BM 066882 + BM 076506 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404917 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {BWL pl. 26 {BM} 066882 + {BM} 076506 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404917},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404917},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BWL Pl. 26 BM 066882 + BM 076506 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404917.

BWL pl. 26 BM 066882 + BM 076506 artifact entry (No. P404917). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404917 (Original work published 2010)

BWL pl. 26 BM 066882 + BM 076506 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404917 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {BWL pl. 26 {BM} 066882 + {BM} 076506 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404917},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404917},
}

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PY  - 2025
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M1  - 2026/3/31/
TI  - BWL pl. 26 BM 066882 + BM 076506 artifact entry
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