BM 041987 + BM 042111 (P480790)
Prayer tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 041987 + BM 042111Period
Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Prayer
- Language(s): Akkadian
- Composite No.:
- Museum No.: BM 041987 + BM 042111
- Accession No.: 1881-06-25, 609 + 1881-06-25, 733
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Provenience:
Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:
See Leichty, Finkel, and Walker 2019: 477
- Elevation:
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- Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]
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Period Comments:
"Late Babylonian," according to the British Museum.
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.42111) (BM.42111)
- Corpus of Akkadian Shuila-Prayers Online (ORACC) (P480790) (P480790)
- Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P480790) (P480790)
- Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (Q005085) (Q005085)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1881-0625-733) (W_1881-0625-733)
- Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online (P480790.html) (P480790.html)
General Notes:
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CDLI Notes:
Leichty, Finkel, and Walker 2019: 498, 502; join of BM 41987 + BM 42111, Jiménez (eBL)
Cite this Artifact
“BM 041987 + BM 042111 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P480790.
BM 041987 + BM 042111 artifact entry (No. P480790). (2024, August 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480790 (Original work published 2015)
BM 041987 + BM 042111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480790 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).
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