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CT 17, pl. 47, BM 47852 (P464934)

Incantation tablet dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 047852 + BM 047855 + BM 048673

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Incantation

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

Has fragments

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Incantation
Language(s): Akkadian, Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CT 17, pl. 47, BM 47852

[Thompson1903CT17] Thompson, R. Campbell. 1903. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts From Babylonian Tablets In The British Museum 17.
history: BAM 8, 89-132, pls. 23-24

[Geller2016BAM8] Geller, Markham J. 2016. Healing Magic and Evil Demons. Canonical Udug-Hul Incantations. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen 8. Boston, MA: De Gruyter.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 047852 + BM 047855 + BM 048673
Accession No.: 1881-11-03, 0559 + 1881-11-03, 0562 + 1881-11-03, 1384

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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-15 at 10:25:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-13 at 11:27:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2014-06-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.47852) (BM.47852)
British Museum Collection (W_1881-1103-559) (W_1881-1103-559)

Notes

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CDLI Notes:

Walker CT index p. 10; BM collection on-lineWalker CT index p. 10; BM collection on-line

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 17, Pl. 47, BM 47852 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P464934.

CT 17, pl. 47, BM 47852 artifact entry (No. P464934). (2025, April 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P464934 (Original work published 2014)

CT 17, pl. 47, BM 47852 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P464934 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 17, Pl. 47, BM 47852 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P464934.

CT 17, pl. 47, BM 47852 artifact entry (No. P464934). (2025, April 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P464934 (Original work published 2014)

CT 17, pl. 47, BM 47852 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P464934 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P464934},
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