RMA 086 (P240141)

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 astr)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P240141
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P240141

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	Rm 0194

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Rm.194
Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (SAAo/SAA08)	P240141
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P240141
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P240141
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P240141
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Rm-194

References

primary: SAA 8, 255

[Hunger1992SAA8] Hunger, Hermann. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
primary: RMA, 086

[Thompson1900RMA] Thompson, Reginald Campbell. 1900. The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon in the British Museum. London : Luzac.
history: KB 4, 106 -107 (text III)

[Peiser1896KB4] Peiser, Felix E. 1896. Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-11-02 at 11:18:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:14:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:12:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	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
2023-07-05 at 18:44:07	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 18:53:23	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

“RMA 086 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P240141.

RMA 086 artifact entry (No. P240141). (2026, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240141 (Original work published 2003)

RMA 086 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240141 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“RMA 086 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P240141.

RMA 086 artifact entry (No. P240141). (2026, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240141 (Original work published 2003)

RMA 086 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240141 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240141},
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