ZA 101, 276-277 (P429579)
Prayer tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 113931Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Prayer (Balag)
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primary: ZA 101 (pp.274-293), p. 276-277
[Gabbay2011SummaryTablets] Gabbay, Uri, and Sam Mirelman. 2011. “Two Summary Tablets of Balaĝ Compositions with Performative Indications from Late-Babylonian Ur.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 101 (2): 274–93. https://doi.org/10.1515/za.2011.014.
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history: HES 2, p. 57, 2 B
[Gabbay2015EršemaPrayers] Gabbay, Uri. 2015. The Eršema Prayers of the First Millennium BC. Heidelberger Emesal-Studien 2. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag.
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history: KASKAL 2, p.97-100, p. 98 no. 5
[Geller2005catalogue] Geller, Markham J. 2005. “Catalogue of Late Babylonian Ur Texts Excavated by Hall.” Kaskal. Rivista Di Storia, Ambiente e Culture Del Vicino Oriente Antico 2: 97–100.
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- Museum No.: BM 113931
- Accession No.: 1919-10-11, 0021
- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-08-03 at 09:43:24 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2012-03-12 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Veldhuis, Niek | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.113931) (BM.113931)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1919-1011-21) (W_1919-1011-21)
Cite this Artifact
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note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-12]},
year = {2025},
month = {aug 3},
title = {ZA 101, 276-277 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P429579},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P429579},
}
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