AGS 087 (P239000)

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 (oracle enquiry)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (oracle enquiry)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P239000
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P239000

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 11520

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.11520
Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria (SAAo/SAA04)	P239000
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P239000
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P239000
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P239000
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-11520

References

primary: AGS 1, 87

[Knudtzon1893AGS1] Knudtzon, Jørgen A. 1893. Assyrische Gebete an Den Sonnengott Für Staat Und Königliches Haus Aus Der Zeit Asarhaddons Und Asurbanipals, Band I: Autographierte Texte. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
history: AGS 2, p. 193-194

[Knudtzon1893AGS2] Knudtzon, Jørgen A. 1893. Assyrische Gebete an Den Sonnengott Für Staat Und Königliches Haus Aus Der Zeit Asarhaddons Und Asurbanipals, Band II: Einleitung, Umschrift Und Erklärung, Verzeichnisse. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
history: SAA 4, 22

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	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 18:51:02	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	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“AGS 087 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P239000.

AGS 087 artifact entry (No. P239000). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P239000 (Original work published 2003)

AGS 087 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P239000 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P239000},
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Cite this Artifacts

“AGS 087 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P239000.

AGS 087 artifact entry (No. P239000). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P239000 (Original work published 2003)

AGS 087 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P239000 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {AGS 087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P239000},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P239000},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/13/
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