OrNS 16, 187-189 (P395356)

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

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

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning missing
1'. [...] _dingir#_ [...]
2'. [...] _nu tuku_ [...]
  single ruling
3'. _DISZ_ zi-iq-qi2 szi-in-i ra-bi _dingir asz#_ [...]
4'. _DISZ_ um-mul : lu-mu-un _na-bi_ i-szar2-ru3 [...]
5'. _DISZ min_ zi-iq-qu-szu2 _asz_ [...]
  single ruling
6'. _DISZ_ ka-an-zu-za _gid2-da uku2_ [...]
7'. _DISZ lugud2-da ti sza3 tuku_ u i-szar _e2 ku3-babbar ma2 gar_-[szu2?]
8'. _DISZ_ ma-li _dingir_-ni : _DISZ_ sza-[mi-it,? ...]
9'. _DISZ_ mit-ha-ru3 _im-ri-a_-szu2 _bir_-ah : _DISZ_ pa-[li-isz ...]
10'. _DISZ_ la pa-lisz _e2-gal ag2_-szu2-ma _ti_-qe2-szu2-ma [...]
  single ruling
11'. _DISZ_ suq-ta _gid2-da_ mu-sza2-ziq : _dingir_ [...]
12'. _DISZ lugud2-da_ i-szar-tam _sig5 gar_-szu2 : szer3-tam [...]
13'. _DISZ tuku_ i-szar2-ru3 : _DISZ_ [...]
14'. _DISZ_ pa-ri-is _{d}lama tuku_-szi : [...]
15'. _DISZ_ bu-un-nu _{d}lama tuku_-szi i-sa-as-dir2 : [...]
16'. _DISZ_ e-li-is, _dingir_ u _{d}lama tuku_-szi [...]
17'. _DISZ sig_ ana a-ma-tim [...]
18'. [_DISZ] gid2-da_ u _sig_ s,al-[ta? ...]
19'. [_DISZ] gid2#-da_-ma u _dagal_ [...]
20'. [...]-su i-x [...]
  rest missing
reverse
  surface missing

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P395356

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 04016

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) K.4016
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P395356

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-07-31 at 19:35:52 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-12-02 at 21:07:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2016-11-18 at 15:01:04 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-11-13 at 10:27:12 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-11-13 at 10:22:03 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Michalowski, Piotr British Museum Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“OrNS 16, 187-189 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 5, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P395356.
OrNS 16, 187-189 artifact entry (No. P395356). (2023, July 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P395356 (Original work published 2010)
OrNS 16, 187-189 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P395356 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
@misc{2023OrNS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 5},
	title = {OrNS 16, 187-189 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P395356},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P395356},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“OrNS 16, 187-189 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 5, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P395356.
OrNS 16, 187-189 artifact entry (No. P395356). (2023, July 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P395356 (Original work published 2010)
OrNS 16, 187-189 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P395356 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
@misc{2023OrNS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 5},
	title = {OrNS 16, 187-189 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P395356},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P395356},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/7/5/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P395356
LB  - CDLI:P395356
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - OrNS 16, 187-189 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P395356
ER  -
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