ACh Shamash 10, 11 (P394270)

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 (astr omens)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Scholarly or scientific > Divination (astr omens)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P394270 P394246 (retired) P394250 (retired) P399116 (retired) P418365 (retired) P396360 (retired) P399738 (retired) P394635 (retired) P399533 (retired) P418236 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P394270

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 02187 + K 02191 + K 02214 + K 02731 + K 06143 + K 06719 + K 08364 + K 11051 + K 11123 + K 11944 + K 12287 + K 12745 + 1881-07-27, 0207

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1881,0727.207 + K.11051 + K.2214 + K.6719
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P394270
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-2214

References

primary: ACh Shamash, 11

[VirolleaudAChShamash] Virolleaud, Charles. 1905-1912. L’astrologie Chaldéenne.
history: Babyloniaca 06, 124

[Virolleaud1912-76329] Virolleaud, Charles. 1912. “Etudes Astrologiques (Pp. 115-128).” Babyloniaca 6: 115–28.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-19 at 10:02:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-19 at 09:53:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-19 at 08:27:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-15 at 08:30:58	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	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“ACh Shamash 10, 11 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394270.

ACh Shamash 10, 11 artifact entry (No. P394270). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394270 (Original work published 2010)

ACh Shamash 10, 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394270 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394270},
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Cite this Artifacts

“ACh Shamash 10, 11 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394270.

ACh Shamash 10, 11 artifact entry (No. P394270). (2024, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394270 (Original work published 2010)

ACh Shamash 10, 11 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394270 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {ACh {Shamash} 10, 11 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394270},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394270},
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