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CT 30, pl. 35, Rm 2, 253 (P394761)

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

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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)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: CT 30, 35, Rm 2, 253

[Handcock1911CT30] Handcock, Percy S. 1911. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 30.
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.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 02985 + Rm 2, 253 + Rm 2, 382

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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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
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	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	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	The British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.2985) (K.2985)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Rm-II.253) (Rm-II.253)
Electronic Babylonian Library (Rm-II.382) (Rm-II.382)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P394761) (P394761)
The British Museum Collection (W_K-2985) (W_K-2985)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 30, Pl. 35, Rm 2, 253 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P394761.

CT 30, pl. 35, Rm 2, 253 artifact entry (No. P394761). (2025, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394761 (Original work published 2010)

CT 30, pl. 35, Rm 2, 253 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394761 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {CT 30, pl. 35, {Rm} 2, 253 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394761},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394761},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 30, Pl. 35, Rm 2, 253 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P394761.

CT 30, pl. 35, Rm 2, 253 artifact entry (No. P394761). (2025, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394761 (Original work published 2010)

CT 30, pl. 35, Rm 2, 253 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394761 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2025CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {CT 30, pl. 35, {Rm} 2, 253 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394761},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394761},
}

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DA  - 2025/9/11/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P394761
LB  - CDLI:P394761
M1  - 2026/1/23/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P394761
ER  -