OrNS 59, 484 (P480772)

Prayer tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 034084

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P480772
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480772

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 034084
Accession Number	Sp 0183

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.34084
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (ORACC CASPo)	P480772
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P480772
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q005086
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_SP-183
Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (CASPo)	P480772.html

References

primary: OrNS 59 (pp. 449-490), 484

[Mayer1990OrNS59] Mayer, Werner R. 1990. “Sechs Šu-Ila-Gebete.” Orientalia NS 59 (4): 449–90.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-29 at 13:40:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-02 at 14:57:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-11-02 at 17:20:56	Lenzi, Alan	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan	Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	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 09:44:24	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		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
2015-06-05 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“OrNS 59, 484 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 29, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480772.

OrNS 59, 484 artifact entry (No. P480772). (2025, April 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480772 (Original work published 2015)

OrNS 59, 484 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480772 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	month = {apr 29},
	title = {OrNS 59, 484 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480772},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480772},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“OrNS 59, 484 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 29, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480772.

OrNS 59, 484 artifact entry (No. P480772). (2025, April 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480772 (Original work published 2015)

OrNS 59, 484 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480772 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 29},
	title = {OrNS 59, 484 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480772},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480772},
}

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M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - OrNS 59, 484 artifact entry
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