CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 011 (P479342)

Literary tablet 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 046803

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (enuma elish 1 (witness))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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Has fragments

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x x [...]
2'. [...] _abzu#_ i-ma-al-lik
3'. [...]-ra# mi-[...]
4'. [...] e#-szi-[...]
5'. [...] lu s,al-la-[...]
6'. [...]-mi-ru pa-nu-usz#-szu#
7'. [...] _dingir#_ ma#-re-e#-szu
8'. [...] x x [...]-na#-sza2-qu sza-a-szu
9'. [...]-uh#-ri-szu-un
10'. [...]-uk#-ri-szu-un [...] x nu usz-tan-nu-ni
11'. [...]-ul#-lu
12'. [...] x x x qu-um#-[...]-mi-isz usz-bu
13'.a. [...]-le-e
13'.b. {d#}e2#-a# ha-sis mi-im-ma#-ma# i-sze-'-a szib-qi2-szu-un
14'. [...]-nak#-ki#-il-szu szu#-tu-ru ta-a-szu el-lum
15'. [...]-te-hi s,a-li t,u2-x-[...]
16'. [...]-mu# tam#-la#-ku# dal-la-pisz# ku-u2-ru
17'. [...] x x [...] x-di#-iq#
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-bur#
2'. [...] x-am#-ra
3'. [...] {d}a-num
4'. [...] x-mel-li
5'. u2#-szab#-szi# a-ga-am-ma i-dal-lah3 {d}ti#-amat#
6'. [...] i-du-ul-x
7'. [...]-lu# sza#-a-ri-szam#
8'. [...] le-mut-tum#
9'. [...] szu-un iz-zak-kar#
10'. [...] i-na-ru-ma#
11'. [...]-li#-ki-ma qa-li-isz usz-bu
12'. [...] sza2# pu-luh-tum
13'. [...]-ma# ul ni-s,a-al-lal-ni-i-ni
14'.a. [...] x-ma#-ku
14'.b. u3 {d}mu-um-mu sza2 ik-ka-mu-u2 asz su disz# [...]
15'. [...]-lu#-hi-isz ta-du-ul-li#
16'. [...] i ni-is,-lal ni-i-x-[...]
17'. [...]-ra e-na-tu-u2
18'. [...] ni#-is,#-lal ni-[...]
19'. [...] tir#-ri#
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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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: STC 2, pl. 09-11

    [King1902STC2] King, Leonard W. 1902. The Seven Tablets of Creation: Vol. 2 Supplementary Texts. Vol. 13. Luzac’s Semitic Text and Translation Series. London : Luzac.

  • history: MC 16, 047

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 046803
  • Accession No.: 1881-08-30, 0269

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-25 at 15:14:05 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-19 at 09:29:48 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2016-05-15 at 19:24:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-11-03 at 16:30:20 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2015-02-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View

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General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

King STC 1, XCVIII: probably same tablet as BM 093015King STC 1, XCVIII: probably same tablet as BM 093015

Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 002718.01, Ex. 011 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479342.
CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 011 artifact entry (No. P479342). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479342 (Original work published 2015)
CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479342 (Accessed: September 8, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P479342},
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