RA 017, 120 (P238109)

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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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 (birth omens - commentary (s°âtu))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Divination (birth omens - commentary (s°âtu))
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: RA 17 (pp. 117-206), 120

[Meek1920RA17] Meek, Theophile J. 1920. “Some Explanatory Lists and Grammatical Texts.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 17 (3): 117–206.
history: Labat, Commentaires, no. 10, pp. 92-95

[Labat1933Commentaires] Labat, René. 1933. Commentaires Assyro-Babyloniens Sur Les Présages. Bordeaux : Imprimerie-Librairie de l’Université.
history: TCS 4, 230-232

[Leichty1970TCS4] Leichty, Erle V. 1970. The Omen Series Šumma Izbu. Vol. 4. Texts from Cuneiform Sources.

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history: CCP 3.6.2.B (<http://ccp.yale.edu/P238109>)

[sec39196] N.d.
history: AJSL 38, p.153-213, p. 187-191 (no. 33)

[Weidner1922Vokabular-Studien] Weidner, Ernst F. 1922. “Vokabular-Studien.” American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 38 (3): 153–213. https://www.jstor.org/stable/528438.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 01913

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-16 at 07:58:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-26 at 09:15:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-26 at 09:14:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-23 at 16:46:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-24 at 09:38:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2023-01-19 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	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.1913) (K.1913)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P238109) (P238109)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P238109) (P238109)
British Museum Collection (W_K-1913) (W_K-1913)

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Cite this Artifacts

“RA 017, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P238109.

RA 017, 120 artifact entry (No. P238109). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238109 (Original work published 2003)

RA 017, 120 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238109 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {RA 017, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238109},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238109},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RA 017, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P238109.

RA 017, 120 artifact entry (No. P238109). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238109 (Original work published 2003)

RA 017, 120 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238109 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

@misc{2025RA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {RA 017, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238109},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238109},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/8/16/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P238109
LB  - CDLI:P238109
M1  - 2026/3/31/
TI  - RA 017, 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P238109
ER  -