CT 51, 161 (P286022)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 134501

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination, Literary

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination, Literary
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P286022
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P286022

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 134501
Accession Number	1932-12-12, 0496

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.134501
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P286022
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1932-1212-496

References

primary: ZA 105 (pp. 154–191), 160

[Jimenez2015ZA105] Jiménez, Enrique, and Selim Ferruh Adali. 2015. “The ‘Prostration Hemerology’ Revisited: An Everyman’s Manual at the King’s Court.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 105 (1): 154–91.
primary: CT 51, 161

[Walker1972CT51] Walker, Christopher B. F., ed. 1972. Miscellaneous Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 51. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-06-05 at 09:28:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	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
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-01-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CT 51, 161 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 5, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P286022.

CT 51, 161 artifact entry (No. P286022). (2026, June 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P286022 (Original work published 2006)

CT 51, 161 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P286022 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P286022},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 51, 161 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 5, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P286022.

CT 51, 161 artifact entry (No. P286022). (2026, June 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P286022 (Original work published 2006)

CT 51, 161 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P286022 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jun 5},
	title = {CT 51, 161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P286022},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P286022},
}

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DA  - 2026/6/5/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P286022
LB  - CDLI:P286022
M1  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - CT 51, 161 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P286022
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