BM 039645 (P551810)

Prayer tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 039645

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

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	Achaemenid (547-331 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P551810
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P551810

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 039645
Accession Number	1880-11-12, 1532

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	https://www.ebl.lmu.de/fragmentarium/BM.39645

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2024-11-11 at 18:33:56	Lenzi, Alan	Artifact metadata	Lenzi, Alan	Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 039645 Artifact Entry.” 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P551810.

BM 039645 artifact entry (No. P551810). (2024, November 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P551810

BM 039645 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P551810 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 039645 Artifact Entry.” 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P551810.

BM 039645 artifact entry (No. P551810). (2024, November 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P551810

BM 039645 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P551810 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 13},
	title = {BM 039645 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P551810},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P551810},
}

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PY  - 2024
ID  - P551810
LB  - CDLI:P551810
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - BM 039645 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P551810
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