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K 12817 (P239157)

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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Chemical Data

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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

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

history: Enuma Anu Enlil VII-XIV, VII-XIV, 200. (EAE 12 ?)

[VerderameEnumaAnuEnlilVII-XIV] Verderame, Lorenzo. n.d. “Enuma Anu Enlil VII-XIV.”

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 12817

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
2025-01-05 at 12:08:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-01-05 at 09:06:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-01-04 at 20:07:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-09 at 07:54:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other 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 18:44:07	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.12817) (K.12817)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P239157) (P239157)
British Museum Collection (W_K-12817) (W_K-12817)

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Cite this Artifacts

“K 12817 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P239157.

K 12817 artifact entry (No. P239157). (2025, January 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P239157 (Original work published 2003)

K 12817 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P239157 (Accessed: February 23, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P239157},
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Cite this Artifacts

“K 12817 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P239157.

K 12817 artifact entry (No. P239157). (2025, January 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P239157 (Original work published 2003)

K 12817 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P239157 (Accessed: February 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 5},
	title = {K 12817 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P239157},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P239157},
}

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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P239157
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