AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 (P480824)

Incantation 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 036584

Period

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

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Incantation

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Akkadian

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  • primary: AMD 8/2, 788ff. and pl. 82, 7.25a, pl. 22

    [Abusch2016AMD8/2] Abusch, Tzvi, and Daniel Schwemer. 2016. Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals. Volume Two. Vol. 8/2. Ancient Magic and Divination. Brill.

  • history: WdO 41, p.177-190, p. 188–189

    [Schwemer2011anti-witchcraft] Schwemer, Daniel. 2011. “Evil Witches, Apotropaic Plants and the New Moon: Two Anti-Witchcraft Incantations from Babylon (BM 35672 and BM 36584).” Welt Des Orients 41: 177–90.

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  • Museum No.: BM 036584
  • Accession No.: 1880-06-17, 0311 + 1880-06-17, 0312

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-12 at 18:30:10 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-04-16 at 09:34:19 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2015-06-18 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“AMD 8/2, 7.25a, Pl. 22 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480824.
AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 artifact entry (No. P480824). (2025, May 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480824 (Original work published 2015)
AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480824 (Accessed: May 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-18]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 12},
	title = {AMD 8/2, 7.25a, pl. 22 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480824},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480824},
}


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