Liver Omens pl. 02 no. 20 (P452960)

Tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

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)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

20131213 ccp: 3.4.03.B.e: Bārûtu 03 Manzāzu

CDLI number	P452960
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P452960

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	1882-05-22, 0540 + 1883-01-18, 0436

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Cuneiform Commentaries Project (CCP)	P452960
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1882,0522.540 + 1883,0118.436
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P452960
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P452960
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0522-540

References

primary: Liver omens, pl. 2 no. 20

[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: (<http://ccp.yale.edu/, P452960>)

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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2025-09-11 at 18:16:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-11 at 18:16:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-11 at 16:42:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-24 at 06:53:53	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-07-05 at 19:29:25	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22	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
2013-06-21 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Stadhouders, Henry		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Liver Omens Pl. 02 No. 20 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P452960.

Liver Omens pl. 02 no. 20 artifact entry (No. P452960). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P452960 (Original work published 2013)

Liver Omens pl. 02 no. 20 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P452960 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {Liver {Omens} pl. 02 no. 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P452960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P452960},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Liver Omens Pl. 02 No. 20 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P452960.

Liver Omens pl. 02 no. 20 artifact entry (No. P452960). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P452960 (Original work published 2013)

Liver Omens pl. 02 no. 20 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P452960 (Accessed: October 10, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {Liver {Omens} pl. 02 no. 20 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P452960},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P452960},
}

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