TBP 34 (P452557)

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 (morphoscopic)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

35.0 mm × 51.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. [...] x _tuku sig5_ ina _{gisz}tukul# [ug7_ ...]
2. [...] x an _a2-tuku#?_ x [...]
3. [...] x ul x x [...]
4. [...] ina [...]
  single ruling
5. [...] _x-mesz usz2#_ [ar2]-ni _ug7_ : x [...]
6. [... _x]-mesz usz2_ [ar2]-ni _ug7_ : ik-x [...]
7. [...] _ka#?-mesz_-szu2 _lugud2-da-mesz_ ina _la#?_ [...]
8. [...] x _dingir_ u [...]
  rest missing
reverse
  beginning missing
1'. [...] x i-[x ...]
2'. [...] alam-dim2-mu-u2
3'. [...] _man kur an-szar2{ki}_

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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
  • Measurements (mm): 35.0 high × 51.0 wide
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  • primary: TBP, 34

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

  • history: Bezold C 1896a

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

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: 1882-03-23, 0066

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-21 at 16:12:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-01 at 13:44:25 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:56:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:54:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:52:22 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:50:13 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:29:25 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-12-18 at 11:56:47 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-12-18 at 11:47:25 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI approved View
2013-06-21 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Stadhouders, Henry CDLI approved View

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20130621 bmcat: part of a clay tablet, 7 lines of inscription, Neo-Assyrian.

Cite this Artifact
“TBP 34 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P452557.
TBP 34 artifact entry (No. P452557). (2024, November 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P452557 (Original work published 2013)
TBP 34 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P452557 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
@misc{2024TBP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 21},
	title = {TBP 34 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P452557},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P452557},
}


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