BM 042317 (P480846)

Prayer tablet and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 042317

Period

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Ritual and liturgical > Prayer
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P480846
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480846

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 042317
Accession Number	1881-07-01, 0077

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.42317
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q007451
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1881-0701-77

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-02-18 at 19:22:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2015-06-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 042317 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P480846.

BM 042317 artifact entry (No. P480846). (2026, February 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480846 (Original work published 2015)

BM 042317 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480846 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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	month = {feb 18},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480846},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 042317 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P480846.

BM 042317 artifact entry (No. P480846). (2026, February 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480846 (Original work published 2015)

BM 042317 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480846 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

@misc{2026BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {feb 18},
	title = {BM 042317 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480846},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480846},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/2/18/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P480846
LB  - CDLI:P480846
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - BM 042317 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480846
ER  -