Neo-Assyrian period, ca. 7th c. BCE
Found in the Library of Ashurbanipal at Kuyunjik (ancient Nineveh; see on
Pleiades), modern Iraq
The Neo-Assyrian inscriptions provide guidance for interpreting omens observed in sheep lungs (extispicy).
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. ME Rm.620
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_Rm-620
cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/424862
www.jstor.org/stable/27095062 