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CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 012 (P404920)

Literary tablet 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 082957

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 2 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. ib-t,i-[lu ...]
2'. id-du-u2 ah#-[szu2-nu ...]
3'. pa-la-hu u it-'u#-[du ...]
4'. _dingir_-szu2 la iz-ku-[ru ...]
5'. i-zib# {d}isz-tar-ta#-[szu2 ...]
6'. a#-na# sza2 i#-im#-hu#-[u2 ...]
7'. ni-isz# _dingir#_-szu2 kab-ti# [...]
8'. ah-su-us-ma# [...]
9'. tes2-le-tum [...]
10'. u4-mu pa#-la#-[ah ...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. i#-[na ...]
2'. mesz-re#-[...]
3'. ina ru-bu#?-[...]
4'. ub-tal-[...]
5'. _sa-gig#_-[ia ...]
6'. u3# te-re#-[...]
rest broken

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: fragment
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Genre(s): Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 2 (witness))
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

history: MC 24, no. 151

[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:E

[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 082957
Accession No.: 1883-01-21, 0120

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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-01-22 at 19:29:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2017-01-21 at 08:48:29	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2010-03-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Robson, Eleanor		CDLI	approved

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“CDLI Literary 002701.02, Ex. 012 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404920.

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 012 artifact entry (No. P404920). (2025, January 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404920 (Original work published 2010)

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 012 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404920 (Accessed: April 16, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-16]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 22},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.02, ex. 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404920},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404920},
}

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“CDLI Literary 002701.02, Ex. 012 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404920.

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 012 artifact entry (No. P404920). (2025, January 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404920 (Original work published 2010)

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 012 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404920 (Accessed: April 16, 2025).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 22},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.02, ex. 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404920},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404920},
}

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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P404920
ER  -

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