FAOS 18, pl.Ia-III (P414363)

Prayer tablet dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 038593 + BM 038606

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Liturgy)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Liturgy)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.11.--.--
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P414363
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P414363

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 038593 + BM 038606
Accession Number	1880-11-12, 0477 + 1880-11-12, 0490

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.38593
Bilinguals in Late Mesopotamian Scholarship (BLMS)	P414363
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P414363
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-1112-477

References

primary: FAOS 18, pl.Ia-III

[Volk1989FAOS18] Volk, Konrad. 1989. Die Balag̃-Komposition Úru Àm-Ma-Ir-Ra-Bi : Rekonstruktion Und Bearbeitung Der Tafeln 18 (L9’ff.),L9,20 Und 21 Der Späten, Kanonischen Version. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien 18.
history: CLAM , 796

[Cohen1988CLAM] Cohen, Mark E. 1988. The Canonical Lamentations of Ancient Mesopotamia. Potomac, Md : Capital Decisions.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 12:33:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-15 at 10:45:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-08-30 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“FAOS 18, Pl.Ia-III Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414363.

FAOS 18, pl.Ia-III artifact entry (No. P414363). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414363 (Original work published 2010)

FAOS 18, pl.Ia-III artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414363 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414363},
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Cite this Artifacts

“FAOS 18, Pl.Ia-III Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414363.

FAOS 18, pl.Ia-III artifact entry (No. P414363). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414363 (Original work published 2010)

FAOS 18, pl.Ia-III artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414363 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {FAOS 18, pl.{Ia}-{III} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414363},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414363},
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