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AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986 (P480104)

Divination tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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 082986

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning missing
1'. [...] x x [...] x x [...]
2'. [...] _be2-da dib_ [...]
3'. [...] _nina_ [...]
4'. [... _ga_]-szu2 _dagal_ [...]
5'. [... _{d}]iszkur_ ana _sig5_-tim _gar_ [...]
6'. [...] _bi#-asz-am3#_
7'. [...] ana _{munus}hul us2-mesz_ [...]
8'. [... 2(gesz2)] 3(u) _gar gu7 sza3-bi du10_ [...]
9'. [...] x _ad_-szu2 _e3_-ma _szu-min_-su _la2_-x
10'. [...] _igi_-mar#
11'. [...] _tuku_-szi
12'. [...] _tuku_-szi
13'. [...] x _a2-tuku_-szu2 _nu igi_-[mar]
14'. [...] _sza3 hul2-[la]_
15'. [...] x DA [...]
16'. [...] x _dingir_ pa-sza2-ḫa _sum_-[su]
17'. [...] _zarah2_ i-mah-[har]
18'. [...] _gid2-da-[mesz]_
19'. [...] _mesz#_-szu2 _lugud2_ [...]
rest missing
reverse
beginning missing
double ruling
1'. [...] x x x [...]
2'. [...] x [...]
rest missing

Consult previous versions and their differences
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. 16 BM 082986

[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 082986
Accession No.: 1883-01-21, 0149

Provenience

Provenience: uncertain (mod. 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 13:39:11	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 12:52:04	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2016-11-18 at 06:49:03	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2016-11-18 at 06:46:56	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.82986) (BM.82986)
British Museum Collection (W_1883-0121-149) (W_1883-0121-149)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 16 BM 082986 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480104.

AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986 artifact entry (No. P480104). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480104 (Original work published 2015)

AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480104 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {AfO {Beih} 27, pl. 16 {BM} 082986 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480104},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480104},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 16 BM 082986 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480104.

AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986 artifact entry (No. P480104). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480104 (Original work published 2015)

AfO Beih 27, pl. 16 BM 082986 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480104 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-26]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {sep 10},
	title = {AfO {Beih} 27, pl. 16 {BM} 082986 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480104},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480104},
}

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