Dreams 373, K 00273 (P393817)

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 (dreams forecasts, evidently taken from dreams)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (dreams forecasts, evidently taken from dreams)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P393817
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P393817

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 —
Accession Number	K 00273 + K 01944b + K 09064

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.1944.A + K.1944.B + K.273 + K.9064
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P393817
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-9064

References

primary: Dreams, 373, K 00273

[Oppenheim1956Dreams] Oppenheim, A. Leo. 1956. “The Interpretation of Dreams in the Ancient Near East. With a Translation of an Assyrian Dream-Book,” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 46 (3): 179–373.
history: Shamash Religious Texts , pl. 12

[Gray1901Samastexts] Gray, Clifton D. 1901. The Šamaš Religious Texts Classified in the British Museum Catalogue as Hymns, Prayers, and Incantations. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-29 at 14:28:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-13 at 14:53:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-13 at 14:49:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Dreams 373, K 00273 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P393817.

Dreams 373, K 00273 artifact entry (No. P393817). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P393817 (Original work published 2010)

Dreams 373, K 00273 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P393817 (Accessed: September 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Dreams 373, K 00273 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P393817.

Dreams 373, K 00273 artifact entry (No. P393817). (2024, June 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P393817 (Original work published 2010)

Dreams 373, K 00273 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P393817 (Accessed: September 12, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 29},
	title = {Dreams 373, {K} 00273 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P393817},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P393817},
}

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