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AfO Beih 27, pl. 08 BM 069492 (P480099)

Divination tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 069492

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
surface missing
reverse
beginning missing
1'. [...] x x x [...]
2'. [...] _munus igi-min_-szu2 ban bi x [...]
3'. _igi-min_-szu2 s,u-uh-hu x [...]
4'. _DISZ# munus_ bi-ri-it _nundum an-[ta_ ...]
5'. _DISZ# munus szu-si-mesz szu-min_-szu2 bi-[x ...]
6'. _DISZ# munus szu-si-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 x [...]
7'. [_DISZ] munus szu-si-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 x [...]
single ruling
8'. [...] x [...]
rest missing

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Consult sign list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Divination
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: AfO Beih 27, pl. 08 BM 069492

[Böck2000AfOBeih27] Böck, Barbara. 2000. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Morphoskopie. Archiv Für Orientforschung, Beiheft 27. Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 069492
Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 09489

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-09-10 at 15:45:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-06 at 10:00:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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
2016-11-18 at 14:19:37	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2016-11-14 at 14:04:41	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2016-11-14 at 14:03:10	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale	Babylonian Medicine	CDLI	Approved
2015-03-23 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.69492) (BM.69492)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0918-9489) (W_1882-0918-9489)

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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 08 BM 069492 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480099.

AfO Beih 27, pl. 08 BM 069492 artifact entry (No. P480099). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480099 (Original work published 2015)

AfO Beih 27, pl. 08 BM 069492 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480099 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 08 BM 069492 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480099.

AfO Beih 27, pl. 08 BM 069492 artifact entry (No. P480099). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480099 (Original work published 2015)

AfO Beih 27, pl. 08 BM 069492 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480099 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480099},
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