Sm 1260 (P240362)

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	P240362
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P240362

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 1260

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Sm.1260
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P240362

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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

Cite this Artifacts

“Sm 1260 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 5, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P240362.

Sm 1260 artifact entry (No. P240362). (2023, July 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240362 (Original work published 2003)

Sm 1260 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240362 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2023Sm,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 5},
	title = {Sm 1260 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P240362},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240362},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/7/5/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P240362
LB  - CDLI:P240362
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - Sm 1260 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P240362
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Sm 1260 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 5, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P240362.

Sm 1260 artifact entry (No. P240362). (2023, July 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240362 (Original work published 2003)

Sm 1260 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240362 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

@misc{2023Sm,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 5},
	title = {Sm 1260 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P240362},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240362},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/7/5/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P240362
LB  - CDLI:P240362
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - Sm 1260 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P240362
ER  -