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Tablets Attesting Akkadian Shuila Tašmetu 2

# CDLI ID Designation Accession # Museum # Collection Period Provenience Outline of Contents Transliterations Further Literature
97 P363582 CTN 4, 168 IM 067630 IM 067630 National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) Kalhu (mod. Nimrud) SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Nisaba 1 (o i 1-12), rubric (o i 13-14), ritual instructions (o i 15), SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Nisaba 2 (o i 16-47), rubric (o i 48), ritual instructions (o i 49-50), SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Ishtar 31 (o i 51-67, ii 1-10), rubric, (o ii 11), ritual instructions (o ii 12-34), second ritual instructions (o ii 35-38), SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Tashmetu 2 (o ii 39-58), rubric (o ii 59), unidentified (r i 1-2), SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Tashmetu 1 (long) (r i 3-43), rubric (r i 44), ritual instructions (r i 45-50), SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Tashmetu 1 (short) (r i 51-53, ii1-29), rubric (r ii 30), SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Nanaya 1 (r ii 31-52), rubric (r ii 53), ritual instructions (r ii 54-56), repeated rubric(!) (r ii 57), cathcline to SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Išḫara 2 (r ii 58), colophon (r ii 59) Van Buylaere 2010d; Wiseman and Black 1996: 53-58; Zgoll 2003: 97-105 (Ištar 31 only); Frechette (with Hrůša) 2011: 90-93 (Nisaba 1 only); Jaques 2015: 253-254 (Nisaba 1 only); Lambert 1999-2000: 152-155 (Nisaba 2 only) Wiseman and Black 1996: 25, 59; Mayer 1998: 270-271
172 P413951 LKA 040 VAT 13633 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Nabu 2 (o1-28); SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Tašmetu 2 (r1ˊ-11ˊ) with rubric (r12ˊ); colophon (r13ˊ-15ˊ) Ebeling 1953: 14-16 (c), 24; Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 342-346 (obv. only); Hunger 1968, no. 199 (colophon) Ebeling 1953a: IX; Abusch and Schwemer 2016, pls. 73 for a new copy of the obv.; Arbøll 2021: 68
174 P413952 LKA 040a Ist A 0138 Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey ? Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Nabu 2 (o1-23, r1-14), rubric (r15), and catchline to SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Tašmetu 2 (r16) Ebeling 1953: 14-18 (E); Abusch and Schwemer 2016: 342-346 Ebeling 1953a: IX; Abusch and Schwemer 2016, pls. 74-75 for a copy
189 P394464 BMS 02 K 02487 + K 02502 + K 02591 BM British Museum, London, UK Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Tašmetu 2 (o1ˊ-10ˊ), SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Ninurta 1 (o11ˊ-23ˊ and r1-19), SB Šuʾilla Prayer to Nanaya 1 (formerly, Tašmetu 3) (r20-27) King 1896: 16-17; Ebeling 1953: 24-27
265 P413966 LKA 054 VAT 13945 Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) SB Šu'illa Prayer to Tasmetu 2 (1ˊ-4ˊ) None Mayer 1976: 424


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