Liver Omens pl. 17 no. 50 (P452809)

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

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

16.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

20131213 ccp: 3.4.04.G: Bārûtu 04 Padānu

CDLI number	P452809
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P452809

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	16.0 mm × 19.0 mm
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	1889-04-26 Bu, 0103

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Cuneiform Commentaries Project (CCP)	P452809
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P452809

References

primary: Liver omens, pl. 17 no. 50

[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.
history: Bezold C 1896a

[Bezold1896a] Bezold, Carl. 1896. Vol. 4. Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum.
history: (<http://ccp.yale.edu/, P452809>)

[sec100845] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-09-11 at 18:16:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-11 at 18:12:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-11 at 16:42:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-24 at 06:53:53	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:56:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:54:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:52:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:50:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2013-06-21 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Stadhouders, Henry		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Liver Omens Pl. 17 No. 50 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P452809.

Liver Omens pl. 17 no. 50 artifact entry (No. P452809). (2025, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P452809 (Original work published 2013)

Liver Omens pl. 17 no. 50 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P452809 (Accessed: October 9, 2026).

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	title = {Liver {Omens} pl. 17 no. 50 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P452809},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P452809},
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Cite this Artifact

“Liver Omens Pl. 17 No. 50 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P452809.

Liver Omens pl. 17 no. 50 artifact entry (No. P452809). (2025, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P452809 (Original work published 2013)

Liver Omens pl. 17 no. 50 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P452809 (Accessed: October 9, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {Liver {Omens} pl. 17 no. 50 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P452809},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P452809},
}

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