Multabiltu no. 020 (P401464)

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 (extispicy multabiltu tablet 15)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (extispicy multabiltu tablet 15)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P401464
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P401464

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 15572

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.15572
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P401464
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-15572

References

primary: Multabiltu, no. 020

[Koch-Westenholz2005Multabiltu] Koch-Westenholz, Ulla S. 2005. Secrets of Extispicy : The Chapter Multābiltu of the Babylonian Extispicy Series and Niṣirti Bārûti Texts Mainly from Aššurbanipal’s Library. Vol. 326. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament . Münster : Ugarit-Verlag.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-08 at 17:08:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-01 at 13:38:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other 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 19:10:29	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	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	British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Multabiltu No. 020 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P401464.

Multabiltu no. 020 artifact entry (No. P401464). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P401464 (Original work published 2010)

Multabiltu no. 020 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P401464 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Multabiltu No. 020 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P401464.

Multabiltu no. 020 artifact entry (No. P401464). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P401464 (Original work published 2010)

Multabiltu no. 020 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P401464 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P401464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P401464},
}

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