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BM 037885 (P565919)

Incantation tablet and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 037885

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Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Incantation

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Incantation
Language(s): Akkadian, Sumerian

Related publications

history: BAM 8, 434-498, pl. 110

[Geller2016BAM8] Geller, Markham J. 2016. Healing Magic and Evil Demons. Canonical Udug-Hul Incantations. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen 8. Boston, MA: De Gruyter.

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Museum No.: BM 037885
Accession No.: 1880-06-17, 1642

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Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-04-15 at 10:24:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-13 at 09:15:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 037885 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P565919.

BM 037885 artifact entry (No. P565919). (2025, April 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P565919 (Original work published 2025)

BM 037885 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P565919 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 15},
	title = {BM 037885 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P565919},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P565919},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 037885 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P565919.

BM 037885 artifact entry (No. P565919). (2025, April 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P565919 (Original work published 2025)

BM 037885 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P565919 (Accessed: February 11, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-11]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 15},
	title = {BM 037885 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P565919},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P565919},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/4/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P565919
LB  - CDLI:P565919
M1  - 2026/2/11/
TI  - BM 037885 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P565919
ER  -