SBH 21 (P414288)

Ritual and liturgical tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 00288 + VAT 00318 + VAT 00553 + VAT 01828 + VAT 01858

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)

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P414288
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P414288

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)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 00288 + VAT 00318 + VAT 00553 + VAT 01828 + VAT 01858
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Bilinguals in Late Mesopotamian Scholarship (BLMS)	P414288
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P414288

References

primary: SBH, 21

[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
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
2010-08-16 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SBH 21 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414288.

SBH 21 artifact entry (No. P414288). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414288 (Original work published 2010)

SBH 21 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414288 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“SBH 21 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414288.

SBH 21 artifact entry (No. P414288). (2025, August 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414288 (Original work published 2010)

SBH 21 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414288 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 3},
	title = {SBH 21 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414288},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414288},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P414288
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - SBH 21 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P414288
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