OT 23 Sm 0359 (P397647)

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
column 1
  beginning missing
1. [...] x x tar
2. [...] ina# _la_-szu2 _ug7_
3. [...] i-szar2-ru3
4. [...] u _lagab_-ru
5. [...] _tuku_-szi
6. [... x]-szu2 _gal-mesz_
7. [...] x-szu2 _ug7_
8. [...] x-ak
9. [...] _igi-min_-szu2
10. [...] _ug7_
11. [... _gar]_-an
12. [...]
13. [...]
14. [...]
15. [...] x-szu2 _gin7_ ih?-x x
16. [...] sza2-pu-uh sza2-wi-ra-an
17. [x]-tam#? _du3_-usz _nig2-gur11 lah4_-al
18. _[be] sag#-du# lu2 sig2 babbar_ in-na-hisz-ma
19. _[be] sag-du_ hu-la-mi-szu2 _gar_ szu2-lu-u2
20. u la ka-s,a-ru _gar_-szu2
21. sza2 la-na u _gu2 lugud2-da_-ma _sag-du gal ugu_ za-qir
22. _be# sag-du_ tar-pa-szi _gar e2_-su _bir_-ah
23. _lu2 bi ug7_
24. sza2 ab-bu-ta sza2 gab-bi sza2 _sig2_ lah3-mat
25. _be# sag-du {gisz}banszur gar e2_-su _tag4_-szu2
26. _uku2 dam_-su _gam_-su
27. _sag#-du daga_-ma 3(disz) ti-ra-an ina _sag-du_-szu2 sah-ru
28. _[be sag]-du {gisz}apin gar nig2-tuku_ ana _egir_-szu2 _gid2-da_ ma
29. [...] x x [x] _e2_ zik# [...]
  rest missing
column 2
  beginning missing
1. _be sig7#-[igi-min]_
2. _nig2-tuku#_
3. _be sig7-igi#-[min]_
4. _be sig7-igi-min_ [...]
5. _be sig7-igi-min_ ka-pi#-[is,? ...]
6. _be sig7-igi-min_ ma-ad [...]
7. _be_ si-hir _sig7-igi#_ [...]
8. _mi2_ ina#? [...]
9. _be igi-min_ ku-[...]
10. sza ir-[x ...]
11. _be igi#_ [...]
12. [...]
13. [...]
14. [...]
15. [...]
16. [...]
17. [...]
18. _be_ [...]
19. sza2# [...]
20. _be_ [...]
21. ina x [...]
22. _be igi hal_ [...]
23. _be igi ur-gi7_ [...]
24. ana [...]
25. _be igi_ is,-s,a-[nun?-du? ...]
26. _be igi_ x [...]
27. _igi#_ [...]
28. _be#_ [...]
29. [...] i-szar2-ru3
  rest 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/P397647

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 08480 + Sm 0359

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) K.8480
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P397647
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P397647
British Museum Collection (BM) W_K-8480

References

  • primary: OT, 23 Sm 0359

    [Holma1923OT] Holma, Harri. 1923. Omen Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Leipzig .

  • history: TBP, 12a

    [Kraus1939TBP] Kraus, Fritz Rudolf. 1939. Texte Zur Babylonischen Physiognomatik. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft 3.

  • history: (<http://ccp.yale.edu/, P397647>)

    [sec100845] N.d.

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
2024-11-24 at 06:53:53 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata, Other metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-11-22 at 09:03:02 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-29 at 15:24:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-29 at 15:22:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 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 15:09:17 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-11-11 at 13:47:52 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

“OT 23 Sm 0359 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P397647.
OT 23 Sm 0359 artifact entry (No. P397647). (2024, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397647 (Original work published 2010)
OT 23 Sm 0359 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397647 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 24},
	title = {OT 23 {Sm} 0359 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397647},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397647},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“OT 23 Sm 0359 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P397647.
OT 23 Sm 0359 artifact entry (No. P397647). (2024, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397647 (Original work published 2010)
OT 23 Sm 0359 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397647 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 24},
	title = {OT 23 {Sm} 0359 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397647},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397647},
}


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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P397647
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - OT 23 Sm 0359 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P397647
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