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MSL 14, 393 S6 (P526956)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 037971

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (Ea 5)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (Ea 5)
This text is a school text.
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: MSL 14, 393 S6

[Civil1979MSL14] Civil, Miguel. 1979. Ea A = Naqu, Aa A = Naqu, with Their Forerunners and Related Texts. Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon 14.
history: AOAT 275, 684 BM 037971 catalog

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 037971
Accession No.: 1880-06-17, 1800

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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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 17:02:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-03-17 at 11:30:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-26 at 08:50:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-07-22 at 18:16:59	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2023-06-19 at 23:50:08	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Melin-Kronsell, Nils; Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2022-01-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

DCCLT/Reading the Signs (X003906) (X003906)
The British Museum Collection (W_1880-0617-1800) (W_1880-0617-1800)

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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 14, 393 S6 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P526956.

MSL 14, 393 S6 artifact entry (No. P526956). (2025, April 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P526956 (Original work published 2022)

MSL 14, 393 S6 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P526956 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

@misc{2025MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 18},
	title = {MSL 14, 393 {S6} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P526956},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P526956},
}

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TI  - MSL 14, 393 S6 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“MSL 14, 393 S6 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P526956.

MSL 14, 393 S6 artifact entry (No. P526956). (2025, April 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P526956 (Original work published 2022)

MSL 14, 393 S6 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P526956 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

@misc{2025MSL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 18},
	title = {MSL 14, 393 {S6} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P526956},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P526956},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/4/18/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P526956
LB  - CDLI:P526956
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - MSL 14, 393 S6 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P526956
ER  -