OT 21 K 12550 (P399910)

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
  beginning missing
1'. _DISZ sze#_ [...]
2'. _DISZ sze_ [...]
3'. _DISZ sze_ ina [...]
4'. _DISZ sze_ ina _ugu#_ [...]
5'. _DISZ sze_ ina _ugu#_ [...]
6'. _DISZ sze_ ina _ugu#_ [...]
7'. _DISZ sze_ ina _suhusz#_ [...]
8'. _DISZ sze_ ina _tugul#_ [...]
9'. _DISZ sze_ ina [...]
  rest missing
reverse
  surface missing

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: OT, 21 K 12550

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

  • history: TBP, 46

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 12550

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-22 at 09:28:35 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 19:10:29 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-11-18 at 13:05:14 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-11-17 at 14:36:46 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-11-17 at 14:27:13 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 21 K 12550 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P399910.
OT 21 K 12550 artifact entry (No. P399910). (2024, November 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P399910 (Original work published 2010)
OT 21 K 12550 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P399910 (Accessed: August 20, 2025).
@misc{2024OT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 22},
	title = {OT 21 {K} 12550 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P399910},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P399910},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/11/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P399910
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TI  - OT 21 K 12550 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“OT 21 K 12550 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P399910.
OT 21 K 12550 artifact entry (No. P399910). (2024, November 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P399910 (Original work published 2010)
OT 21 K 12550 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P399910 (Accessed: August 20, 2025).
@misc{2024OT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 22},
	title = {OT 21 {K} 12550 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P399910},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P399910},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/11/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P399910
LB  - CDLI:P399910
M1  - 2025/8/20/
TI  - OT 21 K 12550 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P399910
ER  -
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