JAOS 038, 077-096 (P268556)

Divination tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13517

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination (extispicy Divination; (Obv)33x(Rev)31 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (extispicy Divination; (Obv)33x(Rev)31 lines)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced	Bbs 22/IV/21
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P268556
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P268556

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	3 pieces joined

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 13517
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	517182
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.13517

References

primary: JAOS 038 (pp. 77-96), 077-096

[Lutz1918-6FPDLJEH] Lutz, Henry F. 1918. “A Cassite Liver-Omen Text.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 38: 77–96. https://doi.org/10.2307/592589.
history: MSKH 1, p.115

[Brinkman1976MSKH1] Brinkman, John A. 1976. A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty. Materials and Studies for Kassite History 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-14 at 19:13:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“JAOS 038, 077-096 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268556.

JAOS 038, 077-096 artifact entry (No. P268556). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268556 (Original work published 2005)

JAOS 038, 077-096 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268556 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“JAOS 038, 077-096 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268556.

JAOS 038, 077-096 artifact entry (No. P268556). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268556 (Original work published 2005)

JAOS 038, 077-096 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268556 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268556},
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