BM 040568 (P480838)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 040568

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, Sumerian

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  • history: AfO 42–43, 247

    [Geller1995/96AfO42/43] Geller, Markham J. 1995/96. “Reviewed Work: Uruk. Spätbabylonische Texte Aus Dem Planquadrat U 18. Teil IV. (= AUWE 12) by E. von Weiher.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 42–43: 245–48.

  • history: OrNS 78 (pp. 44-68), 059

    [Schwemer2009OrNS78] Schwemer, Daniel. 2009. “Washing, Defiling, and Burning: Two Bilingual Anti-Witchcraft Incantations.” Orientalia NS 78: 44–68.

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  • Museum No.: BM 040568
  • Accession No.: 1881-04-28, 0110

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-13 at 11:27:05 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-18 at 14:07:52 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity 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
“BM 040568 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480838.
BM 040568 artifact entry (No. P480838). (2025, April 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480838 (Original work published 2015)
BM 040568 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480838 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
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	month = {apr 13},
	title = {BM 040568 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480838},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480838},
}


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