OrNS 59, 483 (P480773)
Prayer tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 034984Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Prayer
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: OrNS 59 (pp. 449-490), 483
[Mayer1990OrNS59] Mayer, Werner R. 1990. “Sechs Šu-Ila-Gebete.” Orientalia NS 59 (4): 449–90.
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- Museum No.: BM 034984
- Accession No.: Sp 2, 0508
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.34984) (BM.34984)
- Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (P480773) (P480773)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P480773) (P480773)
- Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (Q005086) (Q005086)
- The British Museum Collection (W_Sp-II-508) (W_Sp-II-508)
- Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (P480773.html) (P480773.html)
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Cite this Artifact
“OrNS 59, 483 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P480773.
OrNS 59, 483 artifact entry (No. P480773). (2024, December 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480773 (Original work published 2015)
OrNS 59, 483 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480773 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).
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