OT 23 Sm 0359 (P397647)

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
column 1
  beginning missing
1. [...] x x tar
2. [...] ina# _la_-szu2 _ug7_
3. [...] i-szar2-ru3
4. [...] u _lagab_-ru
5. [...] _tuku_-szi
6. [... x]-szu2 _gal-mesz_
7. [...] x-szu2 _ug7_
8. [...] x-ak
9. [...] _igi-min_-szu2
10. [...] _ug7_
11. [... _gar]_-an
12. [...]
13. [...]
14. [...]
15. [...] x-szu2 _gin7_ iḫ?-x x
16. [...] sza2-pu-uh sza2-wi-ra-an
17. [x]-tam#? _du3_-usz _nig2-gur11 lah4_-al
18. _[be] sag#-du# lu2 sig2 babbar_ in-na-hisz-ma
19. _[be] sag-du_ hu-la-mi-szu2 _gar_ szu2-lu-u2
20. u la ka-s,a-ru _gar_-szu2
21. sza2 la-na u _gu2 lugud2-da_-ma _sag-du gal ugu_ za-qir
22. _be# sag-du_ tar-pa-szi _gar e2_-su _bir_-ah
23. _lu2 bi ug7_
24. sza2 ab-bu-ta sza2 gab-bi sza2 _sig2_ lah3-mat
25. _be# sag-du {gisz}banszur gar e2_-su _tag4_-szu2
26. _uku2 dam_-su _gam_-su
27. _sag#-du daga_-ma 3(disz) ti-ra-an ina _sag-du_-szu2 sah-ru
28. _[be sag]-du {gisz}apin gar nig2-tuku_ ana _egir_-szu2 _gid2-da_ ma
29. [...] x x [x] _e2_ zik# [...]
  rest missing
column 2
  beginning missing
1. _be sig7#-[igi-min]_
2. _nig2-tuku#_
3. _be sig7-igi#-[min]_
4. _be sig7-igi-min_ [...]
5. _be sig7-igi-min_ ka-pi#-[is,? ...]
6. _be sig7-igi-min_ ma-ad [...]
7. _be_ si-hir _sig7-igi#_ [...]
8. _mi2_ ina#? [...]
9. _be igi-min_ ku-[...]
10. sza ir-[x ...]
11. _be igi#_ [...]
12. [...]
13. [...]
14. [...]
15. [...]
16. [...]
17. [...]
18. _be_ [...]
19. sza2# [...]
20. _be_ [...]
21. ina x [...]
22. _be igi hal_ [...]
23. _be igi ur-gi7_ [...]
24. ana [...]
25. _be igi_ is,-s,a-[nun?-du? ...]
26. _be igi_ x [...]
27. _igi#_ [...]
28. _be#_ [...]
29. [...] i-szar2-ru3
  rest missing

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Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: OT, 23 Sm 0359

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

  • history: TBP, 12a

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

  • history: (<http://ccp.yale.edu/, P397647>)

    [sec100845] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 08480 + Sm 0359

  • 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 09:03:02 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
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10 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 15:09:17 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-11-11 at 13:47:52 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 23 Sm 0359 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P397647.
OT 23 Sm 0359 artifact entry (No. P397647). (2024, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P397647 (Original work published 2010)
OT 23 Sm 0359 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P397647 (Accessed: May 4, 2025).
@misc{2024OT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 24},
	title = {OT 23 {Sm} 0359 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P397647},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P397647},
}


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