SAA 04, 078 (P237538)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 098988 + BM 099040

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination (oracle enquiry)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (oracle enquiry)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P237538
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P237538

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 098988 + BM 099040
Accession Number	1904-10-09, 0017 + 1904-10-09, 0069

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.98988
Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria (SAAo/SAA04)	P237538
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P237538
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P237538
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1904-1009-17

References

primary: SAA 4, 78

[Starr1990SAA4] Starr, Ivan. 1990. Queries to the Sungod. Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 4. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: CRRAI 14 (pp. 109-117), 116-117

[Aro1966CRRAI14] Aro, Jussi. 1966. “Remarks on the Practice of Extispicy in the Time of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal.” In La Divination En Mésopotamie Ancienne et Dans Les Régions Voisines, 14:109–17. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-18 at 17:29:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	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

“SAA 04, 078 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237538.

SAA 04, 078 artifact entry (No. P237538). (2024, September 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237538 (Original work published 2003)

SAA 04, 078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237538 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“SAA 04, 078 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237538.

SAA 04, 078 artifact entry (No. P237538). (2024, September 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237538 (Original work published 2003)

SAA 04, 078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237538 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237538},
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