SAA 04, 078 (P237538)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 098988 + BM 099040

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination (oracle enquiry)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SAA 4, 78

    [Starr1990SAA4] Starr, Ivan. 1990. Queries to the Sungod. Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 4. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

  • history: CRRAI 14 (pp. 109-117), 116-117

    [Aro1966CRRAI14] Aro, Jussi. 1966. “Remarks on the Practice of Extispicy in the Time of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal.” In La Divination En Mésopotamie Ancienne et Dans Les Régions Voisines, 14:109–17. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale.

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  • Museum No.: BM 098988 + BM 099040
  • Accession No.: 1904-10-09, 0017 + 1904-10-09, 0069

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-18 at 17:29:09 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:51:02 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“SAA 04, 078 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237538.
SAA 04, 078 artifact entry (No. P237538). (2024, September 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237538 (Original work published 2003)
SAA 04, 078 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237538 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
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	month = {sep 18},
	title = {SAA 04, 078 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237538},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237538},
}


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