Sm 1581 (P425993)

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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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)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P425993
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P425993

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	Sm 1581

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Sm.1581
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P425993

References

primary: Liver omens, pl. 19

[Koch-Westenholz2000Liveromens] Koch-Westenholz, Ulla S. 2000. Babylonian Liver Omens : The Chapters Manzāzu, Padānu and Pān Tākalti of the Babylonian Extispicy Series Mainly from Aššurbanipal’s Library. Vol. 25. CNI Publications. Copenhagen : The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies, University of Copenhagen.
history: Bezold C 1896a

[Bezold1896a] Bezold, Carl. 1896. Vol. 4. Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-09-11 at 16:42:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:56:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:54:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:52:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:50:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:46:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-27 at 13:43:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-07-05 at 19:29:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2011-11-10 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Sm 1581 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P425993.

Sm 1581 artifact entry (No. P425993). (2025, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P425993 (Original work published 2011)

Sm 1581 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P425993 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {Sm 1581 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P425993},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P425993},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - Sm 1581 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P425993
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Sm 1581 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P425993.

Sm 1581 artifact entry (No. P425993). (2025, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P425993 (Original work published 2011)

Sm 1581 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P425993 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

@misc{2025Sm,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {Sm 1581 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P425993},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P425993},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/9/11/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P425993
LB  - CDLI:P425993
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - Sm 1581 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P425993
ER  -