CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 005 (P491226)

Literary tablet dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 055481

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 3 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...-ma]-al#-ma-[...]
2'. [...] a-tir2 [...]
3'. [...] szur#-ru-uh lu-bu-usz-ti# [...]
4'. [...] mu#-na-at-ti i-du-szu2 gat-ti [...]
5'. [...]-me# ha-lip la-bisz [...]
6'. [...]-am#-ma it-ta-ziz _ugu_-[...]
7'. [...] i-ih-ha-mu-u2 _uzu#_-[...]
8'. [...] be-el-ka [...]
9'. [...] szum-ru-s,u [x]-qa-a-[...]
10'. [...]-am#-ma a#-ta-ma-a t,e#-mu-[szu2-nu]
11'. [...] isz-pu-ru [a]-me-lu-[u2?]
12'. [...]-ma# ul# i-pu-la-an-ni# ma#-[am-ma]
13'. [...]-mu#-szi#-in-ni a#-na-t,al#-[...]
14'. [...] szu-na-at a-na-[...]
15'. [... _masz2]-ge6#_ at,!-t,u-lu mu-szi-[...]
16'. [...]-an ra-am-ku na-asz2 [...]
17'. [{gesz}bi]-nu# mul-lil-lum ta-mi-[...]
18'. [lal3]-ur2#-alim-ma _masz-[masz_ ...]
19'. [...] ub#-bu-bi-ka isz-pu#-[ra-an-ni]
20'. [...] na-szu-u2# _ugu_-[...]
21'. [...]-t,u# id#-[da-a] u2#-masz#-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. [...] qe2#-e [...]
3'. [... it]-tas,-ba#-[...]
4'. [...-si]-na-ma [...]
5'. [...]-ni#-ib-t,u szu#-[...]
6'. [...] t,u#-pu-usz-ta-sza2-ma# [...]
7'. [...] sza2# in-ni-is-ru [...]
8'. [...] i-ret-ti sza2# [...]
9'. [...] ul#!-tap!-pi!-qu#! [...]
10'. [...] i-szir2-ma [...]
11'. [... sza2]-qu2#-u2 zu-un-ni-szu2 u2#-x-x-[...]
12'. [... kit]-mur-ti e-lisz i-szap-pa#-[ak ...]
13'. [...] x u2-tam-mi-lu ha-ra-isz# [...]
14'. [...]-ni#-ta-szu2 za-ma-ru# [...]
15'. [...] un#-s,u ut-tar-ru-u2 ki-i pi sza2 [...]
16'. [...] _a-mesz_ sah-ha-szu [...]
17'. [...] ip#-te#-nu# u2-bal#-[...]
19'. [...]-uz#-za-'-[...] at,-hu-ud# [...]
20'. [...] x x [...]
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:


  • history: MC 24, no. 156

    [Lambert2019MC24] Lambert, Wilfred G. 2019. Cuneiform Texts from the Folios of W.G. Lambert. Edited by Andrew R. George. Mesopotamian Civilizations 24. University Park, PA : Eisenbrauns.

  • history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text III:C

    [Oshima2014PoemsPious] Oshima, Takayoshi. 2014. Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers : Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and the Babylonian Theodicy. Orientalische Religionen in Der Antike 14.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 055481
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience:
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-01-22 at 16:55:13 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48 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
2017-01-21 at 11:30:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-11-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Lenzi, Alan CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 002701.03, Ex. 005 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P491226.
CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 005 artifact entry (No. P491226). (2025, January 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P491226 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 005 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P491226 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
@misc{2025CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 22},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.03, ex. 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P491226},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P491226},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/1/22/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P491226
LB  - CDLI:P491226
M1  - 2025/5/8/
TI  - CDLI Literary 002701.03, ex. 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P491226
ER  - 
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.