CTMMA 2, 002 (P412175)

Ritual and liturgical tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA, Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

MMA 86.11.347 + VAT 00418 + VAT 00424 + VAT 01744 + VAT unnumbered fragment

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Ritual and liturgical (Liturgy)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary > Ritual and liturgical (Liturgy)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P412175
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P412175

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	MMA 86.11.347 + VAT 00418 + VAT 00424 + VAT 01744 + VAT unnumbered fragment
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Bilinguals in Late Mesopotamian Scholarship (BLMS)	P412175
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P412175

References

primary: CTMMA 2, 2

[Spar2005CTMMA2] Spar, Ira, and Wilfred G. Lambert. 2005. Literary and Scholastic Texts of the First Millennium B.C. Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 2. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

S.E. 178 - Balag: abzu pe-el-la2-am3, to Enki
history: HES 2, p. 24 D

[Gabbay2015ErsemaPrayers] Gabbay, Uri. 2015. The Eršema Prayers of the First Millennium BC. Heidelberger Emesal-Studien 2. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag.
history: SBH, 35

[Reisner1896SBH] Reisner, George A. 1896. Sumerisch-Babylonische Hymnen Nach Thontafeln Griechischer Zeit. Berlin : W. Spemann.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-03 at 11:41:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-03 at 11:38:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-03 at 08:01:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 13:30:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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
2010-06-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CTMMA 2, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P412175.

CTMMA 2, 002 artifact entry (No. P412175). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P412175 (Original work published 2010)

CTMMA 2, 002 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P412175 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CTMMA 2, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P412175.

CTMMA 2, 002 artifact entry (No. P412175). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P412175 (Original work published 2010)

CTMMA 2, 002 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P412175 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P412175},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P412175},
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