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TBP 02b + (P394353)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 02b + |
|---|---|
| ID | P394353 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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' | [...] _tuku#_-szi | ... has ... |
| 2' | [...] _tuku_-szi | ... has ... |
| 3' | [...] x-bi-esz | ... ... |
| 4' | [...] x-_me_ | ... ... |
| 5' | [... x]-bi | ... its ... |
| 6' | [...] | |
| 7' | [...] x [...] x [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ina# _hi-gar dib_-ma _gaz_-ak | ... passed by in a fall and was killed. |
| 9' | [... x]-sal#-la-' | ... ...-salla' |
| 10' | [...] x _tuku_-szi | ... has ... |
| 11' | [...] _dingir#_-szu2 _du8_-szu2 | ... his god will release him. |
| 12' | [... x]-u2 _gar_-szu2 | ... ... is present. |
| 13' | [... x]-bit i-ka-si | ... he will weigh out ... |
| 14' | [... x]-ak# _e2 dagal_-asz | ... ... the wide house |
| 15' | [...] _nu kur_ | ... will not reach ... |
| 16' | [...] tuk-la-at-an | … you will praise. |
| 17' | [...] _dingir# ninda sum_-szu2 | ... the god will give him bread. |
| 18' | [...] _bi# du10-ga gar_-szu2 | ... its ... is good. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] _gal# gaba-ri nu tuku_-szi | ... has no rival. |
| 2 | [...] _zah2# mu_-szu2 _sig5_ | ... will be destroyed; its name is good. |
| 3 | [...] ina# _{gisz}tukul gaz_-ak | ... is killed with a weapon |
| 4 | [...] ina# _{gisz}tukul gaz_-ak | ... is killed with a weapon |
| 5 | [...] _ge6 [sza3]_-bi _du10-ga_ | ... after sunset, its interior will be good. |
| 6 | _DISZ sa5_ [i]-la-ni | If he is covered in redness: |
| 7 | _DISZ_ ka-ab-ba#-[ar ...] _du10-ga tuku_ | If a man is ill with kabbar-disease: he will acquire good health. |
| 8 | _DISZ_ qa-at-ta-an [...] _hul tuku_ | If he is afflicted with ...: he will have evil. |
| 9 | _DISZ_ sa-pa si-pi [... x]-bal# ina-an-ziq _usz2 {gisz}tukul ug7_ | If sa-pa-syrup ... ... crosses over (and) falls: death of the enemy with weapons. |
| 10 | _DISZ_ he-si _sza3_-bi _du10-ga_ ina-an-ziq# [...] e-bi _sza3 hul tuku_ | If he is afflicted with mucus: he will become ill; ... will have a bad heart. |
| 11 | _DISZ_ ra-aq _du10#-ga uzu nig2-tuku_ | If he is afflicted with raqqu-disease: he will acquire wealth. |
| 12 | _DISZ_ ku-usz-szu _u4 bi gid2-da lu2_-tam _gen_-ak | If his neck hurts him: that day he will become a slave. |
| 13 | _DISZ sig2_-su _gin7_ a-bu-sa-tim _sag-du_-su _nigin_-at2 _sig5_-iq | If his hair is thick as a stag's hair: his head will become good. |
| 14 | _DISZ sig2 sag-du_-szu2 _gim_ s,i-ba-ru zaq-pat _dumu-mesz_-szu2 _dam-mesz_-szu2 _ug7-mesz_ | If his head is covered in hair like a ṣibaru-mark: his sons and his wife will be killed. |
| 15 | _DISZ sig2_ isz-szi-bi-e _gar_ ina na-me-e _ug7_ | If red wool is located on a man's body: |
| 16 | _DISZ sig2 sag-du_ me-ki-il ka-ti-im | If the hair on the head is thick: he will die. |
| 17 | _DISZ sig2_ bi-tam na-da-a-at ek-li-isz _i3-gal2_ ina tam-t,a-a-tum _gen-mesz_ | If the wool of a man’s house is covered in a dark spot: he will go to battle. |
| 18 | _DISZ sig2_ ku-tal2-li-szu2 ana _zag_ la-wa-a-at ina _gir3-min_-szu2 _e2 ad_-szu2 _bir_-ah _szu dingir kur_-su i-sza2-risz _gen-mesz_ | If the hair on his back is twisted to the right: with his feet, his father's house will be scattered; the hand of his enemy's god will go wild. |
| 19 | _DISZ_ ana _gub3_ la-wa-a-at ina _gir3-min_-szu2 _e2 ad_-szu2 _dagal szu lugal kur_-su _sig5 igi u4 bi lugud2-da-mesz_ | If he is swollen on the left side of the lung, on his feet his father's house is wide: hand of the king; his land will prosper; that day, he will live long. |
| 20 | _DISZ#_ ana _zag_ u _gub3_ la-wa-a-at _gaba-ri nu tuku_-szi | If it has no regard for the right and left side of the lung, |
| 21 | [... x]-hi#-szu2# zaq-pat ma-hi-ra _nu tuku_-szi | ... his ... is cut off; he has no opponent. |
| 22 | [... x]-ru#-da-at ina _silim_-mi-szu _gar_-szu | ... ... is placed in his health. |
| 23 | [... x]-tim# szup#-pul-ma _gar gaba-ri nu-tuku_-szi | ... you crush ... and you put it on a surface that has no rival. |
| 24 | [...] _gar_ ri-szu!-tam# _tuku#_-szi | ... is present: a curse will have her. |
| 25 | [...] _ga#_-szu2 _zah2#_ | ... his body will be destroyed. |
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] _u4-mesz#_ [...] | ... days ... |
| 2' | [... x]-ik#-ma pa-ni ga#? [...] | ... and face(?) ... |
| 3' | [...] pa-ni ma-si-ik szu-u2-[x ...] | ... the face of the scepter ... |
| 4' | [... _x]-am3#_ ti-is,-bu-ta-at [...] | ... you take ... ... |
| 5' | [... _x]-am3#_ ti-is,-bu-ta-at mim#-[x ...] | ... ... you take away ... |
| 6' | [... x]-lu#-szi-isz-szu2 al-ka#-[x ...] | ... his ... I will come ... |
| 7' | [... x]-id-ma x [...] | ... ... and ... |
| 8' | [...] la#-at [...] | ... not ... |
| 9' | [... x]-mi [...] | ... ... |
Sources & licences
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