PRT 077 (P240364)

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	P240364
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P240364

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 1268

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Sm.1268
Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria (SAAo/SAA04)	P240364
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P240364
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P240364
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P240364

References

primary: PRT, 77

[Klauber1913PRT] Klauber, Ernst Georg. 1913. Politisch-Religiöse Texte Aus Der Sargonidenzeit. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
history: SAA 4, 240

[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
2023-08-07 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 077 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 7, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P240364.

PRT 077 artifact entry (No. P240364). (2023, August 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240364 (Original work published 2003)

PRT 077 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240364 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 7},
	title = {PRT 077 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P240364},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240364},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“PRT 077 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 7, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P240364.

PRT 077 artifact entry (No. P240364). (2023, August 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240364 (Original work published 2003)

PRT 077 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240364 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

@misc{2023PRT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 7},
	title = {PRT 077 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P240364},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240364},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/8/7/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P240364
LB  - CDLI:P240364
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - PRT 077 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P240364
ER  -