CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 009 (P404976)

Literary tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 11100

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 1 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
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1'. [...] u2#-[...]
2'. [...]-ma# pa-a [...]
3'. [...] x nam!-hu-zu [...]
4'. [...] u2-szam#-ga-[...]
5'. [...]-pa#-a-tisz2 i-[...]-'u-[...]
6'. szap#?-[...]-ra# ha#-[...]-kisz e-[...]
7'. sza2-pu# [...]
8'. sza2-qa# [...] re#-sza2#-a# [...]
9'. lib3-bi kab#-ba-ra-a# pi#-[...]
10'. ra-pa-asz2-tu2 i-ra-ti [...]
11'. szad#-de-e-ha _a2-min-me_-a-a ku-ta#-[...]
12'. sza2 e-tel-lisz at-tal-la-ku ha-[...]
13'. szar-ra-ha-ku-ma a-tur a#-[...]
14'. a-na rap-szi ki-ma-ti [...]
15'. su-qa a-ba-'a-ma [...]
16'. er-ru-ub e-kal-lisz-ma [...]
17'. _iri-mu_ ki-i a-a-bi [...]
18'. tu-sza2-a-ma nak-ra-[...]
19'. a-na a-he-e a-[...]
20'. [...] lem-ni gal-le# [...]
21'. [...]-u2# tap#-[...]
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reverse
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1'. a#-na# [...]
2'. a#-na# [...]
3'. mu#-ta#-mu#-[...] t,a-pil-ti# [...]
4'. da#-[...] nu-ul-la-te-[...]
5'. ana# [...] a-hu-la#-pi2# ha-[...]
6'. sza2 [...] ma# i-te#-me# [...]
7'. ul [...] ul# a#-[...]
8'. a-na# [...]-zu
9'. i-na [...] sza2-ki#-[...]
10'. i-na qer#-be2#-[...]-szes#-su-u a-la#-la
11'. ki-i _iri_ na-ki-ri# [...]-qam-me-mu# _iri-mu_
12'. par-s,i-ia u2-szal#-qu-u sza2-nam-ma
13'. ina pil-lu-di-ia a-ha-a usz-zi-zu#
14'. _u4_-mu szu-ta-nu-hu mu-szu2 ger-ra-[...]
15'. _iti#_ qi2-ta-a-a-u-lu i-dir-tu2 szat-tu2#
16'. [ki]-ma# su-um-me a-dam-mu-ma gi-mir _u4_-me-ia#
17'. [za-am]-ma-a-ru qu-ub-bi-ia u2-sza2-as,-rap
18'. [... bi]-tak#-ke-e szu-ub-ra-a _igi-min_-a-a
19'. [...]-ma-ti# s,ur-ru-pu u2-suk-ka#-a#-a#
20'. [...]-e a-di-rat lib3#-bi#-[ia]
21'. [...] x pi-#rit#-ti# [...]
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Consult previous versions and their differences
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 (1963), pl. 03, VAT 11100

    [Lambert1963BWL] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1963. Babylonian Wisdom Literature.

  • history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text I:O

    [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.: VAT 11100
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-21 at 15:36:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-21 at 15:33:53 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-14 at 11:41:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard 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
2017-02-22 at 18:33:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-01-20 at 10:07:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Oshima, Takayoshi CDLI approved View
2017-01-19 at 12:33:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-03-31 at 12:40:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-03-31 at 12:34:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-03-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Robson, Eleanor CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 002701.01, Ex. 009 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404976.
CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 009 artifact entry (No. P404976). (2024, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404976 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 009 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404976 (Accessed: May 12, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 21},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.01, ex. 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404976},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404976},
}


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