CDLI Literary 002701.05, ex. 013 (P491232)

Lexical tablet 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 038022

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical, Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 5 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
beginning broken
(to be completed)
1'.
2'.
3'. [...]-szi-[...]
4'. [...] as-suk-ka-szu2 u2-[...]
5'. [...]-ia# _{gesz}mar_ i#-[...]
6'. [...]-ia# u2-szad-di sur#-[ri]
7'. [...]-ia# qu-be2-e [...]
8'. [...]-ia# u'2-u2-[a ...]
9'. [...] x
reverse
(to be completed)

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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical, Literary (ludlul bēl nēmeqi 5 (witness))
This text is a school text.
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

history: MSL 11, 77 Q

[Civil1974MSL11] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1974. The Series ḪAR-Ra = Ḫubullu. Tablets XX-XXIV. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 11. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum.
history: Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers text, text V:m

[Oshima2014PoemsPious] Oshima, Takayoshi. 2014. Babylonian Poems of Pious Sufferers : Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and the Babylonian Theodicy. Orientalische Religionen in Der Antike 14.
citation: AOAT 275, 685

[Gesche2000AOAT275] Gesche, Petra D. 2000. Schulunterricht in Babylonien Im Ersten Jahrtausend Vor Christus. Vol. 275. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

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Museum No.: BM 038022
Accession No.: 1880-06-17, 1851

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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-04-18 at 16:32:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-17 at 11:30:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-10 at 14:13:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-07 at 13:47:51	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
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48	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
2017-01-22 at 12:41:58	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2015-11-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.38022) (BM.38022)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P491232) (P491232)
British Museum Collection (W_1880-0617-1851) (W_1880-0617-1851)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 002701.05, Ex. 013 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P491232.

CDLI Literary 002701.05, ex. 013 artifact entry (No. P491232). (2025, April 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P491232 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Literary 002701.05, ex. 013 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P491232 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CDLI Literary 002701.05, Ex. 013 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P491232.

CDLI Literary 002701.05, ex. 013 artifact entry (No. P491232). (2025, April 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P491232 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Literary 002701.05, ex. 013 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P491232 (Accessed: February 19, 2026).

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	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002701.05, ex. 013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P491232},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P491232},
}

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