Fs Walker 236 (P502955)

Divination tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 097919

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination (extispicy)

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. {uzu#}te-er-tum# _ki#-gub# tuku#_
2'. i-na _za3 ki-gub_ szi-lum na-di
3'. _gir2 tuku gir2 za3_ a-na _e2-gal_ it,-t,u2-[ul]
4'. _kal tuku silim tuku_
5'. _ze2 za3 gi-na_
6'. _gir2 gub3 ze2 tuku_
reverse
1. _szu-si masz2_ [...]
2. ku-bu-usz# [...]
3. 1(u) 4(disz) [...]
4. {uzu#}[te-er-tum ...]
5. [(...)]
6. _[iti ...] 8(disz)-kam_
7. _[mu ... lugal]-e# [...]_

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Fs Walker p.229-244, p. 236

    [Richardson2002extispicy] Richardson, Seth F. C. 2002. “Ewe Should Be so Lucky: Extispicy Reports and Everyday Life.” In Mining the Archives. Festschrift for Christopher Walker, edited by Cornelia Wunsch, 229–44. Babylonische Archive 1. Dresden: ISLET.

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  • Museum No.: BM 097919
  • Accession No.: 1902-10-11, 0973

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan 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
2018-12-07 at 08:15:17 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2017-09-22 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Fs Walker 236 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 28, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P502955.
Fs Walker 236 artifact entry (No. P502955). (2023, October 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P502955 (Original work published 2017)
Fs Walker 236 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P502955 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 28},
	title = {Fs {Walker} 236 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P502955},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P502955},
}


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