K 02940 (P394739)

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)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P394739
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P394739

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	K 02940

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.2940
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P394739
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-2940

References

primary: Liver omens, pl. 36-37

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-09-11 at 14:49:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“K 02940 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P394739.

K 02940 artifact entry (No. P394739). (2025, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394739 (Original work published 2010)

K 02940 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394739 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“K 02940 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P394739.

K 02940 artifact entry (No. P394739). (2025, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394739 (Original work published 2010)

K 02940 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394739 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 11},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394739},
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