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TBP 25 (P393755)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy > Alamdimmû, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 25 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393755 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy > Alamdimmû |
| 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 | _DISZ szu {d}isz18-tar2 sza2 _nig2-tuku_ u2-szam-t,a _na ra szu-si-mesz_ sza2 _szu-min_-szu2 bi-ri-tu-szi-na _uzu diri_-ma pit-ru ia-'-[nu] | If Hand of Ištar, whose wealth he has caused to be diminished, the fingers of his hands between them are full of fat and there is no remission. |
| 2 | _DISZ gu2_ s,a-pir _u4-mesz_-szu2 _lugud2-mesz_ ma-'-da _gid2_-ma szir2-tum mas-la-'-tum | If a man’s neck is swollen, his days are long, and he is full of shivering: |
| 3 | _DISZ gu2_ s,a-pir _min min lugud2_-ma | If the neck is swollen: ditto: you pound two, and then |
| 4 | _DISZ gu2_-su ana 1(u) 5(disz) ma-qit _inim sig5-ga igi_ | If his neck is swollen to 15 degrees: he will experience favorable things. |
| 5 | _DISZ_ suq-ta _tuku u4-me_-szu2 _gid2-me DISZ_ suq-ta _nu-tuku u4-me_-szu2 _lugud2-me_ | If he has a suqtu-mark: his days will be long. If a man has no suq<mark: he will reach his goals. |
| 6 | _DISZ mi2 igi_ s,i zib ti _gar_-at2 _e2 ku4 gaz_ [sza2 x x]-sza2 si-qu _nundum-mesz_-sza2 _sig#?_ ina _na2_ [...] | If a man sees a pig's eye: he will be taken away from the house. He will be killed. ... her ..., her lips will be swollen? in the bed .... |
| 7 | _DISZ mi2 nundum_ zaq-na-at# [...] hi al-[ma-nu-tam _gen_-ak?] | If a woman is covered with swollen hair: ... she will become poor. |
| 8 | _DISZ mi2_ bi-ni-it _te tuku_-at _nig2-tuku#_ [...] nu# bi [...] | If a man has a bīnû-disease: he will acquire wealth; ... .... |
| 9 | ina tak-szir3-ti _ki_ x [...] | In prayer ... ... |
| 10 | _DISZ kir4_ s,a-pir hi-t,am _tuku_-szi sza2 bu-un#-[na-nu-u2-szu2? ...] | If a sore's surface has a hole: he will have a bad reputation; that of his hair .... |
| 11 | _DISZ kir4_ sza2-ru-uh x [...] | If a sore's surface is swollen ... .... |
| 12 | _DISZ_ {mul}s,al-bat-a-nu ana _{mul}al-lul_ [...] | If Mars to the Crab: .... |
| 13 | u ana _id2 szub_-ma _be {mul}al-lul#_ [...] | and falls on the river. If the Crab .... |
| 14 | _DISZ_ mu sza _usz11_ x sud x [...] | If the name of a sorceress ... .... |
| 15 | _DISZ_ iz-ze-nen-ni [...] | If he is angry with me: .... |
| 16 | _DISZ_ ih-t,i-nit,-t,i [...] | If he has been deprived of sleep ....... |
| 17 | _DISZ ugu lu2-mesz_ sa-bu-us [...] | If a man is seized over men .... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _DISZ mi2 ubur-mesz_-sza2 na-hi-is _kalag gar_-szu2 _gim ubur_ [...] | If her breast-bones are swollen: a severe niphû-disease will seize him. Like a breast .... |
| 2 | _DISZ min ugu_ bi igi _gar dib arad gig_ [...] | If ditto: on top of that man there will be a visible 'foot'-mark, the patient will get better .... |
| 3 | _DISZ mi2_ bur-ru-szu pa-nu-sza2 _sa5 sig2 sa5_-at u kab-ba-rat# [...] | If a woman, her face is red, her hair is red and she is full .... |
| 4 | _DISZ igi-min_-sza2 ma-'-ad kar [...] | If her eyes are very dark: .... |
| 5 | _ki-ta igi-min_-sza2 _nigin_-u2 dam# [...] | her lower eyes are closed: the spouse .... |
| 6 | _DISZ mi2_ ab-bu-ut-ti s,ap-rat _nig2-tuku#_ [...] | If a woman is seized by a robbery: wealth .... |
| 7 | _DISZ mi2 kir4_ szar-hat-ma sza2-pa-tu sza2 _gub3_ [...] | If the breast-bone is thick and the suppository of the left .... |
| 8 | _DISZ mi2 kir4_-sza2 _gim {na4}kiszib sa diri_ x [...] | If a woman’s breast is covered like a seal on the back ... .... |
| 9 | _DISZ mi2 kir4_-sza2 _gim {na4}kiszib_-ma _nundum-me_-sza2 [...] | If a woman’s breast is like a seal and her lips |
| 10 | _DISZ mi2 igi-min_-sza2 _gim_ sa-ma-ri kar-ra-ma bi-na-at# [...] x x [...] | If a man’s eyes are swollen like a samari-plant and are bloated: ... .... |
| 11 | _DISZ_ ana _ad_-szu2 ma-szi-il ina-[ziq] | If he is seized by a ghost to his father: |
| 12 | _DISZ_ sza2 su-qi2 mim-ma-u2-tu _uku2_-in# | If a man is sick with suqû-disease: |
| 13 | 6(disz)-ti _im-gid2-da sza3_-u2 alam-dim2-mu-u2 _zag-til-la-bi-sze3_ | a 6th tablet of "My heart is an alamdimmû-plant" to its end. |
| 14 | _e2-gal {m}an-szar2-du3-a man szu2 man kur asz_ | Palace of Esarhaddon, king of the universe, lord of Assyria. |
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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