NABU 2019/050 (P513799)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 048049

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination (physiognomic šumma kittabru)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (physiognomic šumma kittabru)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P513799
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P513799

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 048049
Accession Number	1881-11-03, 0758

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1881-1103-758

References

primary: NABU 2019/050

[Fincke2019NABU50] Fincke, Jeanette C. 2019. “BM 48049; Some Physiognomic Omens from the Tablet DIŠ ŠE (Šumma Kittabru) Ll. 46-58.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 50 (2).

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-07-24 at 09:01:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2019-07-23 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“NABU 2019/050 Artifact Entry.” (2019) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P513799.

NABU 2019/050 artifact entry (No. P513799). (2025, July 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P513799 (Original work published 2019)

NABU 2019/050 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P513799 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“NABU 2019/050 Artifact Entry.” (2019) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P513799.

NABU 2019/050 artifact entry (No. P513799). (2025, July 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P513799 (Original work published 2019)

NABU 2019/050 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P513799 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P513799},
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