MUL.APIN (updated edition) text c (P238935)

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 (astr omens)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P238935
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P238935

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 10719

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.10719
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P238935
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-10719

References

primary: MUL.APIN (updated edition), text c

[Hunger2019MUL.APIN] Hunger, Hermann, and John M. Steele. 2019. The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN. Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World. London : Routledge.
history: JCS 69 (pp. 247-260), 256

[Fincke2017JCS69] Fincke, Jeanette C. 2017. “Additional MUL.APIN Fragments in the British Museum.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 69: 247–60.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-04 at 17:07:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-08 at 16:29:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-08 at 16:10:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	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
2023-01-19 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

Cite this Artifacts

“MUL.APIN (Updated Edition) Text c Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P238935.

MUL.APIN (updated edition) text c artifact entry (No. P238935). (2025, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238935 (Original work published 2003)

MUL.APIN (updated edition) text c artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238935 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“MUL.APIN (Updated Edition) Text c Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P238935.

MUL.APIN (updated edition) text c artifact entry (No. P238935). (2025, October 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238935 (Original work published 2003)

MUL.APIN (updated edition) text c artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238935 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 4},
	title = {MUL.{APIN} (updated edition) text c artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238935},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238935},
}

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