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CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 044 (P479340)

Literary 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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 043183

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (enuma elish 1 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. [...] am#-[...]
3. [...] resz#-[...]
4. [...]-mu# [...]
5. [...]-nu# [...]
6. [...]-ra# la# ki-is,-s,u-ru s,u#-[...]
7. [...]-nu#-ma _dingir-dingir_ [...]
8. [...]-ma# la zuk-ku-ru [...]
9. [...]-ba#-nu-u2-ma [...]
10. [{d}]lah#-mu u {d}la-ha-mu usz-ta#-[...]
11. [...]-bu#-u2 i#-[...]
12. [...]-szar2# u {d}ki-szar2 ib-ba-nu-ma# e#-[...]
13. ur#-ri-ku _u4-mesz_ [...]
14. [...] a#-pil#-szu-nu# [...]
15. [...]-num# bu#-uk#-[...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] ma#-[...]
2'. [...] an#-na# [...]
3'. [...] x x x [...]
4'. [...] x x [...]
rest broken

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): Literary (enuma elish 1 (witness))
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

history: MC 16, 047 + pl. 04 BM 043183

[LambertWG2013MC16] Lambert, Wilfred G. 2013. Babylonian Creation Myths. Mesopotamian Civilizations 16. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 043183
Accession No.: 1881-07-01, 0947

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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Accounting Period: 0

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2016-05-15 at 19:24:58	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2015-11-03 at 16:30:20	Heinle, Michael	Atf	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	approved
2015-02-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Heinle, Michael		CDLI	approved

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Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.43183)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P479340)
The British Museum Collection (W_1881-0701-947)

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“CDLI Literary 002718.01, Ex. 044 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340.

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 044 artifact entry (No. P479340). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 044 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).

@misc{2023CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002718.01, ex. 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340},
}

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“CDLI Literary 002718.01, Ex. 044 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340.

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 044 artifact entry (No. P479340). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340 (Original work published 2015)

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 044 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).

@misc{2023CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 002718.01, ex. 044 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340},
}

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UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479340
ER  -

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