PRT 123 (P238941)

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)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P238941
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P238941

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 10789

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.10789
Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria (SAAo/SAA04)	P238941
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P238941
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P238941
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P238941
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-10789

References

primary: PRT, 123

[Klauber1913PRT] Klauber, Ernst Georg. 1913. Politisch-Religiöse Texte Aus Der Sargonidenzeit. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
history: SAA 4, 338

[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
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2023-07-05 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	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“PRT 123 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P238941.

PRT 123 artifact entry (No. P238941). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238941 (Original work published 2003)

PRT 123 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238941 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).

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	month = {aug 19},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238941},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PRT 123 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P238941.

PRT 123 artifact entry (No. P238941). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238941 (Original work published 2003)

PRT 123 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238941 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {PRT 123 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238941},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238941},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - PRT 123 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P238941
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