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CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 049 (P479348)

Literary tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 067665

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (enuma elish 1 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...]-usz#-szu2#-un#
2'. [...] x x x-un# usz-tan-nu-u2-x
3'. [...] i-dul-li
4'. [...]-ba#-at# sza2-qu#-um-isz usz-bu
5'. szu-tur uz-na et-pi-isz te-le-'i
6'. [...]-isz# mim-ma-szu esz-a-' ana szib-qi2-szu2-un#
7'. [...] u2-s,u#-ra#-a-tu2 kal ma a x a# [...]
8'. [...] szu#-tu-ra ta-a-szu2 el-[...]
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Consult sign list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (enuma elish 1 (witness))
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

history: MC 16, 047 + pl. 07 BM 067665

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

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Museum No.: BM 067665
Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 07663

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-12-08 at 10:02:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2016-05-15 at 19:24:58	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2015-11-03 at 16:30:20	Heinle, Michael	Atf	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	approved
2015-02-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	approved

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“CDLI Literary 002718.01, Ex. 049 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P479348.

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 049 artifact entry (No. P479348). (2024, December 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P479348 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 049 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P479348 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
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	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002718.01, ex. 049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P479348},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P479348},
}

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“CDLI Literary 002718.01, Ex. 049 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P479348.

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 049 artifact entry (No. P479348). (2024, December 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P479348 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 049 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P479348 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 8},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002718.01, ex. 049 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P479348},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P479348},
}

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