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AGS 120 (P336097)

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

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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

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Divination
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: AGS 1, 120

[Knudtzon1893AGS1] Knudtzon, Jørgen A. 1893. Assyrische Gebete an Den Sonnengott Für Staat Und Königliches Haus Aus Der Zeit Asarhaddons Und Asurbanipals, Band I: Autographierte Texte. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
history: SAA 4, 162

[Starr1990SAA4] Starr, Ivan. 1990. Queries to the Sungod. Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 4. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: ABC, no. 47

[Stevenson1902ABC] Stevenson, James H. 1902. Assyrian and Babylonian Contracts with Aramaic Reference Notes. New York.

Aramaic reference notes

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 03788

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-02-04 at 19:38:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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 18:51:39	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	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
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-09-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.3788) (K.3788)
Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria (P336097) (P336097)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P336097) (P336097)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P336097) (P336097)
State Archives of Assyria Online (P336097) (P336097)
British Museum Collection (W_K-3788) (W_K-3788)

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Cite this Artifacts

“AGS 120 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 4, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P336097.

AGS 120 artifact entry (No. P336097). (2026, February 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P336097 (Original work published 2006)

AGS 120 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P336097 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P336097},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AGS 120 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 4, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P336097.

AGS 120 artifact entry (No. P336097). (2026, February 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P336097 (Original work published 2006)

AGS 120 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P336097 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {feb 4},
	title = {AGS 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P336097},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P336097},
}

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