CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 019 (P404980)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 11565

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

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-rat# lib3-[...]
2'. [...] pi-rit-tu [...]
3'. [...] gi#?-tal-lu-di#? [...]
4'. [...]-rap? i-[...]
5'. [...]-tah#?-mit,-t,i a-mat [...]
6'. [...]-x-pu-hu-u su-[...]
7'. [...] ki-ma da-'i#-[...]
8'. [...] nap-ra-ku na-pa#-[...]
9'. [...] isz-szi-ra _munus-saga#_ [...]
10'. [...]-nam-me-ra {d}utu#-[...]
11'. [...] x x x x [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 1 (witness))
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P404980

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number VAT 11565
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
CAMS/Ludlul (CAMS/Ludlul) P404980
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P404980

References

  • history: KAR, 279

    [Ebeling1919-1923KAR] Ebeling, Erich. 1919-1923. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur Religiösen Inhalts. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, Band 28 & 34. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: BWL, pl. 74, VAT 11565

    [Lambert1960BWL] Lambert, Wilfred G. 1960. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Oxford : Clarendon Press.

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

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-14 at 14:06:53 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2017-03-15 at 12:45:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-02-22 at 18:33:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-01-22 at 13:40:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-03-30 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Robson, Eleanor CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 002701.01, Ex. 019 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404980.
CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 019 artifact entry (No. P404980). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404980 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 019 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404980 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.01, ex. 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404980},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404980},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 002701.01, Ex. 019 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P404980.
CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 019 artifact entry (No. P404980). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404980 (Original work published 2010)
CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 019 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404980 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.01, ex. 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404980},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404980},
}


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ID  - P404980
LB  - CDLI:P404980
M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 019 artifact entry
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