BM 046424 (P565996)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 046424

Period

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Incantation

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P565996
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P565996

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 046424
Accession Number	1881-07-28, 0150

References

history: BPOA 03, 113-131 and pl. 5

[Böck2007BPOA3] Böck, Barbara. 2007. Das Handbuch Muššu⁾u “Einreibung” : Eine Serie Sumerischer Und Akkadischer Beschwörungen Aus Dem 1. Jt. Vor Chr. Biblioteca Del Próximo Oriente Antiguo 3. Madrid : Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
citation: AuOr 9 (pp. 91-104), 95

[Finkel1991AuOr9] Finkel, Irving L. 1991. “Muššu’u, Qutaru, the Scribe Tanittu-Bel.” Aula Orientalis 9: 91–104.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-22 at 18:42:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-05 at 08:26:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-13 at 14:40:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 046424 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P565996.

BM 046424 artifact entry (No. P565996). (2025, August 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P565996 (Original work published 2025)

BM 046424 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P565996 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 046424 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P565996.

BM 046424 artifact entry (No. P565996). (2025, August 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P565996 (Original work published 2025)

BM 046424 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P565996 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
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	month = {aug 22},
	title = {BM 046424 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P565996},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P565996},
}

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