Fs Lambert 210-211 53 A3 (P452756)

Ritual and liturgical tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary > Ritual and liturgical (Lamaštu III, 49-63)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

25.0 mm × 44.0 mm

tablet
obverse
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [tara-kas2 _na4 zu2]-ge6_ ina _dur siki ge6 e3_-[ak _siki ge6_]
 en: ... you tie. A bead of obsidian on a thread of black wool you string, in black wool
2'. [tala-pap 4(disz) _{na4}igi#-mesz na4_ pa-re-e ina _szu#[-min gub3_-szu2]
 en: you wind it. 4 eye(-beads and) 4 beads of parû to his left hand
3'. [tara-kas2 _na4_ ka]-pa#-s,a ina _dur siki sa5 e3_-[ak]
 en: you tie. A bead of kapāṣu on a thread of red wool you string,
4'. [siki sa5_ tala]-pap _4(disz) {na4}igi-mesz 4(disz) {na4}pa#-[re-e]
 en: in red wool you wind it. 4 eye(-beads and) 4 beads of parû
5'. [ina _giri3-min 1(u)-5(disz)_-szu2 tara]-kas2 _na4 an-bar_ ina _dur# [siki za-gin3-na_]
 en: to his right foot you tie. A bead of iron (ore) on a thread of blue wool ...
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 25.0 high × 44.0 wide
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • primary: Fs Lambert (pp. 137-224), 210-211 53 A3

    [Finkel2000FsLambert] Finkel, Irving L. 2000. “On Late Babylonian Medical Training.” In Wisdom, Gods and Literature : Studies in Assyriology in Honour of W.G. Lambert, 137–224. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns.

    duplicate of BM 042612+

  • citation: Stadhouders, Henry, NABU 2016/101 // BM 042612+

    [sec113352] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: 1883-01-18, 0752

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-19 at 11:09:39 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-16 at 19:17:27 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:29:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2015-12-28 at 10:09:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-12-28 at 09:45:00 Englund, Robert K. Atf Stadhouders, Henry CDLI approved View
2015-12-28 at 09:38:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Stadhouders, Henry CDLI approved View
2013-06-21 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Stadhouders, Henry CDLI approved View

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20130621 bmcat: part of a clay tablet, 5 lines of inscription, Neo-Assyrian; 20151228 stadhouders: upper half of the reverse of a tablet with a ritual involving amuletic beads derived from Lamaštu III, 49-63, duplicated in BM 042612+, 10-16 (rev.)--added

Cite this Artifact
“Fs Lambert 210-211 53 A3 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P452756.
Fs Lambert 210-211 53 A3 artifact entry (No. P452756). (2025, April 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P452756 (Original work published 2013)
Fs Lambert 210-211 53 A3 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P452756 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P452756},
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