PRT 059 (P240235)

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	P240235
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P240235

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	Sm 0119

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Sm.119
Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria (SAAo/SAA04)	P240235
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P240235
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P240235
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P240235
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_SM-119

References

primary: PRT, 59

[Klauber1913PRT] Klauber, Ernst Georg. 1913. Politisch-Religiöse Texte Aus Der Sargonidenzeit. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
history: SAA 4, 197

[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
2023-10-29 at 22:09:26	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	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 18:44:07	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

“PRT 059 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P240235.

PRT 059 artifact entry (No. P240235). (2023, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240235 (Original work published 2003)

PRT 059 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240235 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 29},
	title = {PRT 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P240235},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240235},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/29/
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TI  - PRT 059 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“PRT 059 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P240235.

PRT 059 artifact entry (No. P240235). (2023, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240235 (Original work published 2003)

PRT 059 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240235 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

@misc{2023PRT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 29},
	title = {PRT 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P240235},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240235},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/29/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P240235
LB  - CDLI:P240235
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - PRT 059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P240235
ER  -