liver omens, pl. 12 (P238292)

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 (extispicy liver omens - commentary)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (extispicy liver omens - commentary)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P238292 P238800 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P238292

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 03786 + K 08769 + K 10440 + K 15496

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.10440 + K.15496 + K.3786
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P238292
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P238292
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-15496

References

history: Geers Heft A, p. 024 (K 08769)

[GeersHeftA] Geers, Friedrich W. n.d. “Heft A.”
history: Liver omens, 42. Padanu Commentary 1

[Koch-Westenholz2000Liveromens] Koch-Westenholz, Ulla S. 2000. Babylonian Liver Omens : The Chapters Manzāzu, Padānu and Pān Tākalti of the Babylonian Extispicy Series Mainly from Aššurbanipal’s Library. Vol. 25. CNI Publications. Copenhagen : The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies, University of Copenhagen.
history: JNES 26 (pp. 177-211), 200

[Reiner1967JNES26] Reiner, Erica, and Miguel Civil. 1967. “Another Volume of Sultantepe Tablets.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 26 (3): 177–211. https://doi.org/10.1086/371909.
history: CCP 3.4.4.A.h (<http://ccp.yale.edu/P238292>)

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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-09-10 at 18:36:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-06 at 17:33:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 17:01:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 16:59:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-15 at 17:51:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-22 at 12:42:39	Willighagen, Lars	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Willighagen, Lars		Willighagen, Lars	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	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
2023-01-19 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	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Liver Omens, Pl. 12 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P238292.

liver omens, pl. 12 artifact entry (No. P238292). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238292 (Original work published 2003)

liver omens, pl. 12 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238292 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {liver omens, pl. 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238292},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238292},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Liver Omens, Pl. 12 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P238292.

liver omens, pl. 12 artifact entry (No. P238292). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238292 (Original work published 2003)

liver omens, pl. 12 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238292 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

@misc{2025liver,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {liver omens, pl. 12 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238292},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238292},
}

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PY  - 2025
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M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - liver omens, pl. 12 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P238292
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