BM 068033 (P480884)

Prayer tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 068033

Period

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

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P480884
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P480884

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 068033
Accession Number	1882-09-18, 08081

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.68033
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo)	Q004196
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0918-8031

References

history: AMD 8/1, pl. 18

[Abusch2011AMD8/1] Abusch, Tzvi, and Daniel Schwemer. 2011. Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-Witchcraft Rituals Volume 1. Vol. 8/1. Ancient Magic and Divination. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.
citation: BSOAS 53 (pp. 121-123), 122

[Geller1990BSOAS53] Geller, Markham J. 1990. “Reviewed Works: Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Vol. VI, VII & VIII.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 53 (1): 121–23.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-05-22 at 09:41:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-25 at 09:12:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-08 at 10:02:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-15 at 13:39:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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 068033 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 22, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P480884.

BM 068033 artifact entry (No. P480884). (2026, May 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480884 (Original work published 2015)

BM 068033 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480884 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 068033 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 22, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P480884.

BM 068033 artifact entry (No. P480884). (2026, May 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480884 (Original work published 2015)

BM 068033 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480884 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480884},
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