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TBP 22 (P393766)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393766 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | _DISZ_ ban-ta# [...] | If a man .... |
| 2' | _DISZ sa gu-du#_ [...] | If knees are thick: .... |
| 3' | _DISZ sa gu-du_ [...] | If the neck of a ram . . |
| 4' | _DISZ egir_ sza2 _ur2#_ [...] | If behind the 'finger' .... |
| 5' | _DISZ ur2_-szu# x [...] | If his kidney ... .... |
| 6' | _DISZ_ ku-ra-ru ina _zag gar_ x [...] | If kurāru-sulphur is located on the right .... |
| 7' | _DISZ pa-gi-ar ur2_ rak-bat [...] | If paggīr-spurge is located on the base of the lung .... |
| 8' | _DISZ_ kin-s,i 1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 ka-pi-is, x [...] | If he is constantly affected with kinsu-disease for 15 days: ... .... |
| 9' | _DISZ_ kin-s,i _gub3_-szu2 ka-pi-is, x [...] | If his left arm is swollen ... .... |
| 10' | _DISZ_ kin-s,i 1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 _gub_-iz _sza3 hul#?_ [...] | If he sits on a throne for 15 days: the heart of evil .... |
| 11' | _DISZ_ kin-s,i _gub3_-szu2 _gub_-iz _sza3-hul_ [...] | If a sore's left thigh is standing there: sorrow .... |
| 12' | _DISZ_ kin-s,a-a-szu2 _gub-mesz_-za me-sir [...] | If his tendons stand out: a bandage .... |
| 13' | _DISZ_ kin-s,i 1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 _gu4-ud-mesz zi-zi_ [...] | If he suffers from kinshu-disease: 15 times oxen are seized .... |
| 14' | _DISZ_ kin-s,i _gub3_-szu2 _gu4-ud-mesz_ i-had-du [...] | If he is constantly affected by kinshu-disease: oxen will eat .... |
| 15' | _DISZ_ tuh-ri _zag_-szu2 _gu4-ud-mesz_ s,al-ta pu-uh2-pu-uh2-ha-a _igi_-mar | If an anomaly's right side is full of oxen: he will experience distress. |
| 16' | _DISZ_ tuh-ri 2(gesz2) 3(u)-szu2 _gu4-ud-mesz_ i-had-du | If he is ill with tuhru-disease: 180 days he will have oxen. |
| 17' | _DISZ_ sza2-pu-li qa2-tan ha-at,-t,i-' la-a isz-szir | If šapūlu-disease (appears) in the hand of a ḫaṭṭû-demon: he will not get well. |
| 18' | _DISZ_ sza2-pu-li ka-bar musz-tar-ri-ih | If a man is covered with šapû-stone: muštarriḫ-disease. |
| 19' | _DISZ_ sza2-pu-li _sa5_ i3-szar3 | If a man’s nose is red: he will prosper. |
| 20' | _DISZ_ sza2-pu-li pa-lu-u ha-t,i-' ina _{gisz}tukul-mesz_ i-dak | If a man is afflicted with šapû-disease: he will kill him with weapons. |
| 21' | _DISZ sa dur2_-szu2 _zi-zi_-szu2 _dur2-gig gig_ | If his hips cause him a stinging pain: he will get better. |
| 22' | _DISZ_ sza2-pu-la-szu2 it-ta-nab-lak-kat3 me-sir2 _{gisz}na2 dab_-su | If his hips are constantly swollen: a bandage of the bed will seize him. |
| 23' | _DISZ tugul-mesz_-szu2 it-ta-nak-na-an _szu_ i-lu-ti _ki gen_-ku _sig5_-iq | If his veins keep forming: hand of the god will be good when you go. |
| 24' | _DISZ tugul-mesz_-szu2 it-te-nin-s,i-la _szu dingir_-ti _a2-tuku tuku_-szi | If his veins keep tearing apart: hand of a god will have mercy on her. |
| 25' | _DISZ gir3 maszkim gar usz2_ lem-na _ug7_ | If a man is struck by a sword: he will die of an evil death. |
| 26' | _DISZ gir3_ pa-as-pa-si _gar_ qe2-rib _e2-gal_ i-kab-ba-as raq-qa2 u _sa5_ | If a finger is located on a shin: the palace will become dilapidated; there will be distress and redness. |
| 27' | _pesz-mesz_-ma _ki_ ma-la-a u _du8-ha_-a _ur2-mesz_ a-rik ina kur-sin-ni ban-dil-la-an | he made, and with as much as and as little I cut down the roots. In the land of Sin he smote me. |
| 28' | _DISZ gir3 gir2-tab gar e2 ad_-szu2 _bir_-ah _usz2_ a-ga-nu-til-la _ug7_ ap-lum git2-ma-lum | If a sore's appearance is like a scorpion's: his father's house will be scattered; death will come to an end; the dead will be apprehensive. |
| 29' | _u3-tu_ sza2 _u-mesz_-szu2 sza2-qa3-ma a-na ki-di la-ma-a sza2-pu-li pa-lu-uq | the birth of his offspring is high and to the shadû-district a šupulu-disease will be carried off. |
| 30' | _DISZ gir3_ qa-an-ni _gir2-tab gar_ ina-an-ziq _usz2_ a-ga-nu-til-la _ug7_ | If fingernail is located on the top of the 'finger': he will become ill; death of Aganutila, the dead. |
| 31' | sza2 ana _ka2_-a-ni i-kab-ba-su _gir3-min_-szu2 _bal-mesz_ | who at the gate of his gate trembles his feet, |
| 32' | _DISZ gir3 muszen gar uku2_ ni-s,ir-ta-szu2 _e3_ tuh-ri sza2 be u2 sap-ha | If a bird’s nose is covered with a stinging sting: its niṣirtu-disease will come out. |
| 33' | _[DISZ gir3] ur#-gi7 gar suhusz-mesz-bi nu gi-na_ s,a-a-a-ad _uku2 en nu gal2_-e _gen_ | If a dog's foot is placed: its foundations will not be stable; you will become poor; the lord will not exist. |
| 34' | [ina] _ur2#-mesz_-szu2 ban-dil-la-an _ur2-mesz sig-mesz_ gup-pusz3# [x]-az a-na ku-tal-li-szu | In its thighs, a bandilānu-stone, thick tufts of wool ... to its back. |
| 35' | [x x x] x _gir3-min_-szu2 _gal-mesz_-ma _szu-si_ x [x x x] x-a si-it _gal_ | ... his feet are large and the 'finger' ... a big 'foot'. |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | _DISZ_ [...] | If .... |
| 3' | _DISZ_ [...] | If .... |
| 4' | _DISZ_ [...] | If .... |
| 5' | _DISZ gir3 zag_-szu2 _gu4-ud#_ [...] | If a lightning flashes on his right side: Mercury .... |
| 6' | _DISZ gir3 gub3_-szu2 _gu4-ud-mesz_ [...] | If his left foot hurts him: ... oxen. |
| 7' | _DISZ_ szu-har-szu2 sza2 1(u) 5(disz) ma-gal _gen_-ak _gaba#_ [...] | If his lung is swollen for 15 minas: the breast-bone .... |
| 8' | _DISZ_ szu-har-szu2 sza2 2(gesz2) 3(u) ma-gal _gen_-ak mi-x [...] | If his lungs are swollen: he will go for 180 minas ... .... |
| 9' | _DISZ sa_ sza2 _ur2_-szu2 it-ta-na-ak-na-nu me-si-ra# [...] | If the cartilage of his thigh keeps getting stiff: mesiru-disease .... |
| 10' | _DISZ sa_ ka-bar-ti _zag_-szu2 _zi-zi_-szu2 _sa-gal_ [...] | If a sore's surface is thick: his right eye, his left eye .... |
| 11' | _DISZ sa_ ka-bar-ti 2(gesz2) 3(u)!-szu2 _zi-zi_-szu2 _[sig5_-iq] | If the tendon of the lung is swollen for 180 days: its swelling will be good. |
| 12' | _DISZ sa_ ki-s,il 1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 _zi-zi_-szu2 _dingir nu tuku#_-[szi] | If the tendons of the lung cause him a stinging pain for 15 days: a god has no regard for her. |
| 13' | _DISZ sa_ ki-s,il _gub3_-szu2 _zi-zi_-szu2 ap-lum ki-nu _tuku_-szi# | If the tendon of his left thigh causes him a stinging pain: a true aplum-disease will seize her. |
| 14' | _DISZ sa murgu gir3_ 1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 _zi-zi_-szu2 i3-szar4 | If the tendon of the shoulder is swollen 15 times, its swelling will be numerous. |
| 15' | _DISZ sa murgu gir3_ 2(gesz2) 3(u)-szu2 _zi-zi_-szu2 _nig2-tuku tuku_-szi | If the tendon of the shoulder is swollen, its swelling is 180 degrees: he will acquire wealth. |
| 16' | _DISZ zi-in-gi_ 1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 ti-ib sa-hal _uzu igi_ | If a man’s hips are 15 in number: he will see a hole in the crenellation. |
| 17' | _DISZ zi-in-gi_ 2(gesz2) 3(u)-szu2 ti-ib ki-s,ir _sza3 dingir du8_-szu | If a man’s belly is full of zingi-disease: the knot of the heart of the god will be released for him. |
| 18' | _DISZ szu-si-mesz gir3 munus gar_ i11-szar2-ru3 | If fingernails are located on the foot of a woman: he will become rich. |
| 19' | _DISZ szu-si-mesz ugu-dul-bi gar_ dib-bu-szu i-dab-bu-bu-ma _nig2-tuku_-ma | If šūsu-diseases are located over the roof: his words will be spoken, and he will acquire wealth. |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | _DISZ szu-si_ tar-pa-szi _gar_ ana la _kur_-szu2 _ir_-lal sza2 _suhusz!(TUM) lugud2 tur_-tum _gid2-da_ | If fingernail is located on the 'finger': he will be delayed from reaching his enemy. If the base of the lung is swollen: a small throne. |
| 2 | _DISZ szu-si kur-gi{muszen} gar_ ina la-URU-szu2 ina _la u4_-me-szu2 _ug7 min tur-mesz_-ma _lugud2-da-mesz_-ma | If the finger of a kurgi bird is located on a man’s neck, in his absence, and the people ditto are small, and then they will die. |
| 3 | _ki nu kur_-da _tur_-tum _bad_-ma | If he does not reach it, he will be dwarfed by a dwarf. |
| 4 | _DISZ szu-si sur2-du3{muszen} gar szu {gisz}tukul kur_-su sza2 _te gal_-tim _gid2-da_ | If fingernail of a falcon is located: hand of the enemy's weapon, which is long: |
| 5 | sza2 _szu-si bad gir3-min_-szu2 sap-ha _igi gir3-min_-szu _sig7_ | of the 'finger' of his feet is yellow-green: his feet will be yellow. |
| 6 | _DISZ szu-si har-har{muszen} gar diri_ ut-tu-u2 _zah2 sar-mesz gal-mesz_-ma i-hal-la-la | If fingernail of a harhar bird is located on the left side of the lung, it is full of large sars and he will die. |
| 7 | _DISZ szu-si_ la-bi _gar gaba-ri nu tuku_-szi ina _sza3 uzu_ ra-ah-s,a | If a finger is missing: he will have no opponent in the flesh. |
| 8 | _DISZ szu-si sag-du musz gar gaba-ri nu tuku_-szi ap-pat _u-mesz_-szu2 hu-un-du-da | If fingernail is surrounded by a snake, it has no rival: you smear it on his flesh. |
| 9 | _DISZ szu-si gir2-tab gar_ sza2 _szu-si gal_-tum s,i-her-tum ma-la a-ha-mesz ma-s,a-a | If fingernail is located on the tip of the 'finger' of the lung: as much as there is to be in each other's fingers. |
| 10 | _DISZ szu-si ur-gi7 gar_ [...] _du11-ga_ [...] | If a dog's paw is located .... |
| 11 | _DISZ szu-si#_ [...] | If fingernail .... |
| 12 | _DISZ_ [...] | If .... |
| obverse col 4 | ||
| 1 | _DISZ_ s,u-up-ra-szu na-ma-li ma-la-a sul-lu-ta u _sa5_ | If his fingernail is full of sulphur, as much as is yellow and red: |
| 2 | _DISZ umbin-mesz_-szu2 _sa5_ s,ar-pa szer3-tu _ugu_-szu in-nasz-szi | If his nails are red, red: he will carry a strewn offering over him. |
| 3 | _DISZ umbin-mesz_-szu2 na-as-qa2 i11-szar2-ru3 _dugud_-it | If his feet are swollen: he will become ill with irsharra-disease. |
| 4 | _DISZ gen dingir gen u4-bi lugud2-mesz_ pu-ri-da _nu diri gu2_-su ina-asz | If you are a god, the days are long: he will have no rival; his neck will hurt. |
| 5 | _DISZ gen uz-tur{muszen} gen sza3 e2-gal zukum_-as sza2 ina _gen_-szu | If you are a pigeon, you are the inside of the palace, the intestines that are in his body. |
| 6 | _gu2_-su _zag 2(gesz2) 3(u) szub-mesz_ | its neck, the front (of the throne): 180 were cast down. |
| 7 | _DISZ_ kur-kat3-tam _gen uku2_ a-si-da-szu2 isz-ta-naq-qu 4(disz) _ki nu_ | If you are a kurkattu-demon: he is a poor man, his knees are constantly swollen; 4 times, with no relief. |
| 8 | _DISZ_ kur-kat3-tam _gen uku2_ a-si-da-szu2 isz-ta-naq-qu ha-an-szu | If you are a kurkattu-demon: he is a poor man whose limbs are constantly swollen. |
| 9 | _DISZ_ ha-ah-hu-rat-ta _gen uku2 gir3-min_-szu2 a-ha-mesz _nigin-mesz_ | If you are a ḫaḫurattu-demon: he will become poor; his feet will be twisted together. |
| 10 | _DISZ_ ha-ah-hu-rat-ta _gen uku2_ kur-kat3-tam ha-ah-hu-rat-ta _gen_ | If you are a ḫaḫurattu-demon: you are the uku-disease of the Kattam-mountain. You are ... . |
| 11 | _DISZ_ ha-ah-hu-rat-ta _gen uku2 ib2_-szu2 sza2 _zag_ u _gub3_ i-szi-nu-u | If you are a ḫaḫurattu-disease: he will become poor; his right and left hips will be affected. |
| 12 | _DISZ_ ha-ah-hu-rat-ta _gen_ i11-szar2-ru3 ina _la_-szu2 _ug7_ | If you are a ḫaḫurattu-disease: he will become rich and die in his absence. |
| 13 | sza2 ina _gen_-szu2 _igi an_-e u2-man-du-u2 | who when he sets out in the sky, |
| 14 | _DISZ gen_ la-bi _gen_ ga-me-ru-ta _du3_ | If a man is ill: you make a gamerûtu-mark. |
| 15 | sza2 ina _gen_-szu2 _igi_-szu u2-sah-ha-pu | who, while on his way, made his face tremble |
| 16 | _DISZ gen sa-a gen na bi e2 nir-gal2 du3_-usz# | If you are a man, that man builds a noble house. |
| 17 | sza2 ina _gen_-szu i-szar-ru3 [...] | who was king in his coming ... |
| 18 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 ana _egir_-szu2 _gid2 na bi_ e-ma _gen_-ku# [...] | If a man is swollen from his body to his back: that man, wherever he goes, .... |
| 19 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 _te_-su ana ku-tal-li-szu2 _szub-mesz#_ [...] | If he is stricken in his body and he falls on his back .... |
| 20 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 _an_-e ina-t,al _gaba-ri nu tuku#_ [...] | If at his coming, the heavens tremble, and he does not have a chest .... |
| 21 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 _ki_ ina-t,al _u4-bi gid2-mesz igi_ [...] | If he is swollen in his body: the days will be long; .... |
| 22 | _igi-min_-szu2 _ki_ [...] | His eyes ... |
| 23 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 _szu-min_-szu2 it-ta-na-[x ...] | If in his body his hands ... |
| 24 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 _ki_ u2-da-ma# [...] | If in his body ... .... |
| 25 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 ne-eh gi-ra# [...] | If he is constantly swollen in his body: .... |
| 26 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 ki im szu x [...] | If in his body ... .... |
| 27 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 i-[...] | If in his body .... |
| 28 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 u2-za-[x ...] | If he ... in his body .... |
| 29 | _DISZ_ ina _gen_-szu2 x [...] | If in his body ... .... |
| 30 | _DISZ_ ina _gen#_ [...] | If in ... .... |
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