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RMA 256 (P336554)

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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Chemical Data

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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

Measurements

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: RMA, 256

[Thompson1900] Thompson, R. Campbell. 1900. The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon in the British Museum. London : Luzac.
history: SAA 8, 163

[Hunger1992SAA8] Hunger, Hermann. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: 1883-01-18, 0209

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
2024-07-08 at 18:14:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	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 18:53:23	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 (1883,0118.209) (1883,0118.209)
Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (P336554) (P336554)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P336554) (P336554)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P336554) (P336554)
State Archives of Assyria Online (P336554) (P336554)
British Museum Collection (W_1883-0118-209) (W_1883-0118-209)

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Cite this Artifacts

“RMA 256 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P336554.

RMA 256 artifact entry (No. P336554). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P336554 (Original work published 2006)

RMA 256 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P336554 (Accessed: February 17, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {RMA 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P336554},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P336554},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RMA 256 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P336554.

RMA 256 artifact entry (No. P336554). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P336554 (Original work published 2006)

RMA 256 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P336554 (Accessed: February 17, 2026).

@misc{2024RMA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {RMA 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P336554},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P336554},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P336554
M1  - 2026/2/17/
TI  - RMA 256 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P336554
ER  -