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TBP 60 (P393747)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 60 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393747 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x-di nu-ul-la-tan | ... did not live |
| 2 | [... ina szi]-il#-lat _ka dib_-bat | ... in the morning, he opened the mouth. |
| 3 | [... ki]-na#-a-ti id-da-nab-bu-ub | ... he speaks truthfully. |
| 4 | [...] _tuku# ninda_ ma-da _gu7_ | ... has ...: he will eat bread of the land. |
| 5 | [...] _gi#-na-mesz_ t,a-pil-ta-szu2 _du11-ga_ | ... regular offerings are offered to him. |
| 6 | [... lu]-up-nu _dib_-su | ... he slipped into a trap. |
| 7 | [... _nig2]-tuku_ usz-ma-at | ... possessions he will die. |
| 8 | [... i]-szar2-ru3 | ... will become great. |
| 9 | [...] la-la-ni | ... his radiance |
| 10 | [... _u4]-mesz_ i-s,u-tum | ... days of mourning |
| 11 | [...] _ug7_ ina ku-u2-ri u ni-is-sa-ti _ug7_ | ... the people will die in hunger and distress. |
| 12 | [... i-szar2]-ru-ma _uku2_-in | ... will become great and will become poor. |
| 13 | [...] x-ma _sig5_ ut-tu2 | ... ... and is good, he will recover. |
| 14 | [... ina _nam] ti-la_ ur-rak | ... will prolong in life. |
| 15 | [...] _uku2_-in | ... will become weak. |
| 16 | [... x]-pa _u4-mesz_ i-s,u-tum | ... ... days of mourning |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] u3 kit-tam _tesz2-bi_ i-ta-me | ... and truth has heard each other |
| 2 | [...] _gaba-ri nu tuku_-szi | ... has no rival. |
| 3 | [...] x x _mu tuku_-szi | ... ... has a name. |
| 4 | [...] x _tuku_-szi | ... has ... |
| 5 | [... _u4-mesz] lugud2-da-mesz_ | ... long days |
| 6 | [... ina]-an#-ziq | ... will be destroyed. |
| 7 | [... i]-szar2-ru3 | ... will become great. |
| 8 | [...] sad-ru | ... sadru |
| 9 | [...] szal-szu | ... third |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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