CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 046 (P479344)

Literary tablet 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 054569

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (literary)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...]
3'. [...]
4'. [...]
single ruling
5'. u3# ti-amat szu-[...]
6'. im-tar-s,a-am-ma# [...]
7'. la t,a-bat al#-[...]
8'. i-nu-[...]
rest broken
reverse
broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary, Literary > Wisdom or proverb (literary)
This text is a school text.
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

history: AOAT 275, 703

[Gesche2000AOAT275] Gesche, Petra D. 2000. Schulunterricht in Babylonien Im Ersten Jahrtausend Vor Christus. Vol. 275. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
history: AOAT 375, pl. 8

[Kämmerer2012AOAT375] Kämmerer, Thomas R., and Alexander Metzler. 2012. Das Babylonische Weltschöpfungsepos : Enūma Elîš. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament 375. Münster : Ugarit-Verlag.
history: MC 16, 047 + pl. 07 BM 054569

[LambertWG2013MC16] Lambert, Wilfred G. 2013. Babylonian Creation Myths. Mesopotamian Civilizations 16. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 054569
Accession No.: 1882-05-22, 0889

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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-22 at 16:14:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-15 at 07:45:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-14 at 08:41:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-16 at 09:45:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		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
2016-05-15 at 19:24:58	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2015-11-03 at 16:30:20	Heinle, Michael	Transliteration	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	Approved
2015-02-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.54569) (BM.54569)
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (P479344) (P479344)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P479344) (P479344)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0522-889) (W_1882-0522-889)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 002718.01, Ex. 046 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P479344.

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 046 artifact entry (No. P479344). (2025, November 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P479344 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 046 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P479344 (Accessed: February 7, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 002718.01, Ex. 046 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P479344.

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 046 artifact entry (No. P479344). (2025, November 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P479344 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 046 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P479344 (Accessed: February 7, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P479344},
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