SAA 08, 535 (P236933)

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 (EAE App. 2.1 astr omens - excerpt)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (EAE App. 2.1 astr omens - excerpt)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P236933
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P236933

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	1880-07-19, 0103

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1880,0719.103
Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (SAAo/SAA08)	P236933
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P236933
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P236933
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P236933
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-0719-103

References

primary: SAA 8, 535

[Hunger1992SAA8] Hunger, Hermann. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: AfO Beih. 22, 280-282

[Rochberg-Halton1988AfOBeih22] Rochberg-Halton, Francesca. 1988. Aspects of Babylonian Celestial Divination : The Lunar Eclipse Tablets of Enūma Anu Enlil. Vol. 22. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft.
history: ABCD 280f

[sec37387] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-06-06 at 09:50:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-06 at 09:48:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:53:23	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SAA 08, 535 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P236933.

SAA 08, 535 artifact entry (No. P236933). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P236933 (Original work published 2003)

SAA 08, 535 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P236933 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“SAA 08, 535 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P236933.

SAA 08, 535 artifact entry (No. P236933). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P236933 (Original work published 2003)

SAA 08, 535 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P236933 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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	month = {mar 8},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P236933},
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