PRT 140 (P237191)

Divination tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination (report extispicy - Assyrian colophon)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (report extispicy - Assyrian colophon)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P237191
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P237191

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	1882-05-22, 0137

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1882,0522.137
Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria (SAAo/SAA04)	P237191
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P237191
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P237191
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P237191
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0522-137

References

primary: PRT, 140

[Klauber1913PRT] Klauber, Ernst Georg. 1913. Politisch-Religiöse Texte Aus Der Sargonidenzeit. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
history: SAA 4, 329

[Starr1990SAA4] Starr, Ivan. 1990. Queries to the Sungod. Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 4. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:51:02	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“PRT 140 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P237191.

PRT 140 artifact entry (No. P237191). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237191 (Original work published 2003)

PRT 140 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237191 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {PRT 140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237191},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237191},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PRT 140 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P237191.

PRT 140 artifact entry (No. P237191). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237191 (Original work published 2003)

PRT 140 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237191 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2026PRT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {PRT 140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237191},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237191},
}

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PY  - 2026
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LB  - CDLI:P237191
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - PRT 140 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P237191
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