AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986 (P480104)

Divination tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 082986

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning missing
1'. [...] x x [...] x x [...]
2'. [...] _be2-da dib_ [...]
3'. [...] _nina_ [...]
4'. [... _ga_]-szu2 _dagal_ [...]
5'. [... _{d}]iszkur_ ana _sig5_-tim _gar_ [...]
6'. [...] _bi#-asz-am3#_
7'. [...] ana _{munus}hul us2-mesz_ [...]
8'. [... 2(gesz2)] 3(u) _gar gu7 sza3-bi du10_ [...]
9'. [...] x _ad_-szu2 _e3_-ma _szu-min_-su _la2_-x
10'. [...] _igi_-mar#
11'. [...] _tuku_-szi
12'. [...] _tuku_-szi
13'. [...] x _a2-tuku_-szu2 _nu igi_-[mar]
14'. [...] _sza3 hul2-[la]_
15'. [...] x DA [...]
16'. [...] x _dingir_ pa-sza2-ha _sum_-[su]
17'. [...] _zarah2_ i-mah-[har]
18'. [...] _gid2-da-[mesz]_
19'. [...] _mesz#_-szu2 _lugud2_ [...]
  rest missing
reverse
  beginning missing
  double ruling
1'. [...] x x x [...]
2'. [...] x [...]
  rest missing

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P480104

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 082986
Accession Number 1883-01-21, 0149

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.82986
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1883-0121-149

References

  • primary: AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986

    [Bock2000AfOBeih27] Böck, Barbara. 2000. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Morphoskopie. Archiv Für Orientforschung, Beiheft 27. Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien.

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
2025-09-10 at 15:45:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-06 at 10:00:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 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 12:52:04 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-11-18 at 06:49:03 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-11-18 at 06:46:56 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-03-23 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 16 BM 082986 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480104.
AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986 artifact entry (No. P480104). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480104 (Original work published 2015)
AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480104 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480104},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480104},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 16 BM 082986 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480104.
AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986 artifact entry (No. P480104). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480104 (Original work published 2015)
AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480104 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 10},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480104},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480104},
}


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