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, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 041987 + BM 042111

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 041987 + BM 042111
  • Accession No.: 1881-06-25, 609 + 1881-06-25, 733

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:

    See Leichty, Finkel, and Walker 2019: 477

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  • Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]
  • Period Comments:

    "Late Babylonian," according to the British Museum.

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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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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 22},
	title = {BM 041987 + {BM} 042111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480790},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480790},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P480790
LB  - CDLI:P480790
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - BM 041987 + BM 042111 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480790
ER  - 

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).
@misc{2024BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 22},
	title = {BM 041987 + {BM} 042111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480790},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480790},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P480790
LB  - CDLI:P480790
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - BM 041987 + BM 042111 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480790
ER  - 
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