OT 13 K 08140 (P397509)

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

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
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1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. [_DISZ igi_] ar2#-i-i _gar_ : ar2-ka#-tu-szu2 _gar-mesz egir_ [...]
3'. [_DISZ] igi szah gar uku2_-in [...]
4'. _nundum an_-tum _ki-ta_-tum _u5_-ma x [...]
5'. _nundum an-ta_ pa-nu sza2 ana _an_-isz _gar nu tuku_
6'. _DISZ# igi_ ku6-sa4-rik-ki _gar u4-mesz_-szu2 i-s,u [...]
7'. _usz2 gisz ug7 su6-mesz_-szu2 szad-da _sig2_-su _gid2-da_ x [...]
8'. _su6-mesz_-szu2 _sa5 sig2_ [...]
9'. _DISZ#_ un-na-an-ni-szi _gar uku2 kir4 nundum_ u suq-[tu ...]
10'. _DISZ# sag kir4_-szu2 masz-du bi-bi-en _kir4_-szu2 _nundum-me_-szu2 _bar_-ma suq#-[tu ...]
11'. _DISZ# igi {d}hu-wa-wa gar_ i11-szar2-ru3 _igi-min_ u _kir4#_ [...]
12'. _DISZ# igi gir2-tab gar gir3-gir3 u4_ ka-s,ir ina sza2-mi# [...]
13'. _sig7-igi_-szu2 _gid2_-ma _en sig2 unu2_-szu2 [...]
14'. _DISZ# igi ab2-za-za gar_ i-szar4 _dugud_-it _u4-mesz_-szu2 [...]
15'. _igi sa5_ pa-ni _sa5 nundum ge6 unu2_-szu2 _sig2_ [...]
16'. _igi-min_-szu2 i-s,a : sza2 mi-szil tar-qa?#-szu2 _sa5_ [...]
17'. _DISZ# igi ka5-a gar_ mu-s,al-li par-ri-is, _szesz_-szu2 [...]
18'. ina at-me-e _ka_-szu2 ih-[x ...] x : _igi-mesz_-szu2 ha-[x ...]
19'. _DISZ# mi2 igi ka5-a gar_-at2 [... musz]-tam-ri-s,a-[at ...]
20'. _DISZ# igi-mesz_-szu2 ha-an-t,u i11-szar4 [...] _gal#?_ [...]
21'. sza2 ina _du11-du11_-szu2 [x x] ha-an-[t,u? ...]
22'. [_DISZ igi] ur-gi7 gar u4-mesz_-szu2 _lugud2-[da-mesz nig2]-szu_-szu2 _izi [gu7]_
23'. [x] x nu _igi-min_-szu2 u _sig7-igi_ [...] x-s,a
24'. [x]-bi#?-ti _kir4_-szu2 _en sag-ki_-szu2 _kir4_ [...] x x ma [...] i ma x [...]
25'. [_DISZ_ ...] _muszen gar_ ga-mi-ru-tam _du3_-usz suq-ta [...] szu2 _ki_-szu2 [...]
26'. [...] x _mu_-szu2 _[sig5?]_ ina _nig2-gig ug7_ [...]
27'. [...] x raq-qa rap-pa-sza2 u _sag kir4_ hi [...]
28'. [...] x kar-szi _gesztu-min_-szu2 _gal_ x [...]
29'. [...] me x x _igi-mesz_-szu2 sza2-pu x [...]
30'. [...] _sig7-igi-mesz_-szu2# [...]
31'. [...] x x [...]
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: OT, 13 K 08140

    [Holma1923OT] Holma, Harri. 1923. Omen Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Leipzig .

  • history: TBP, 21

    [Kraus1939TBP] Kraus, Fritz R. 1939. Texte Zur Babylonischen Physiognomatik. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft 3.

  • history: (<http://ccp.yale.edu/, P397509>)

    [sec100845] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 08140

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-24 at 06:53:53 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact, Other Entity Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2024-11-22 at 09:02:03 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-29 at 15:24:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-29 at 15:22:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:03:55 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-11-18 at 14:52:48 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-11-13 at 11:45:27 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-11-13 at 11:39:01 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“OT 13 K 08140 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P397509.
OT 13 K 08140 artifact entry (No. P397509). (2024, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397509 (Original work published 2010)
OT 13 K 08140 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397509 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 24},
	title = {OT 13 {K} 08140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397509},
}


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