ABRT 1, 80 (P394361)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABRT 1, 80 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394361 |
| 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 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 3 24 | And as soon as he orders, may ama my case judge. |
| obverse col 1 9' | For the... table of ama and Adad, may he not be beaten. |
| obverse col 2 31' | I did not. The 13 gods of year... |
| reverse col 4 2' | ... the river |
| obverse col 1 6' | The breast, the fatty tissue, the KA.NE and the silqu-flour take (it). |
| obverse col 1 8' | ... you take... and you dwell. |
| obverse col 2 37' | 1 qû of beer,...; |
| obverse col 2 26' | You let him enter and...... |
| obverse col 1 18' | he poured water into oil. |
| obverse col 1 19' | ... he saw..., two? times he saw |
| obverse col 1 4' | 4 pure sheep(s), 2 for ama and Adad, 1 for Aya |
| reverse col 3 26 | (If) they are dark: she will die; she will die; she will die. |
| reverse col 4 11' | He brought water into the water of its standing-place |
| reverse col 4 20' | he did not send him to him. |
| obverse col 2 35' | ... table(s) |
| reverse col 4 13' | ......... |
| reverse col 4 16' | May he be pure, may he be pure, |
| reverse col 4 12' | the gods of heaven and earth, the judges who stand in heaven and earth |
| obverse col 1 23' | (If) the lords make a decision, he will make a decision, |
| obverse col 1 24' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 7' | a tamarisk (and) a tullalû-plant he purifies, (and) he removes (it) |
| reverse col 3 15' | The namburbû-priestess has sworn awe-inspiring brilliance. |
| obverse col 2 10' | Lord ama, lord of the crown, |
| reverse col 3 10' | It is angug stone in a... wool-dyed wool |
| reverse col 4 21' | ............. |
| obverse col 2 18' | For the gods and the great Itar, the one who provides sacrifices, |
| reverse col 4 14' | ... of princeliness |
| obverse col 2 19' | (If) they are large: he will die; he will die. |
| obverse col 1 7' | You strew a censer of juniper, cedar, tamarisk, |
| obverse col 2 5' | ... a table |
| reverse col 4 22' | .... he smote... in the place of judgment, judgments are favourable. |
| obverse col 1 2' | A table with a left side to Aya, his beloved spouse |
| reverse col 3 3' | and battle will be established for him; his face will be established for him in the morning. |
| obverse col 1 11' | (If) a lightning flashes, the well-being of the kid, the weapon of the right |
| obverse col 2 17' | For the utterance of a god over him, the great... |
| obverse col 2 13' | An sits on the throne and |
| reverse col 3 17 | (If) he sees (it) in his mouth: he will die from his feet. |
| reverse col 3 4' | ama, the treasurer, a jar of tamarisk, |
| obverse col 2 21' | 'May it be removed, may it not be removed!' |
| obverse col 2 16' | (If) he is seated on the right, his left, he should be reconciled... |
| reverse col 4 6' | ... a leather bag and a brewer... |
| reverse col 4 8' | the temple of Utu, the exalted judge, father of the black-headed |
| reverse col 4 1' | ... canal |
| obverse col 2 34' | of the... of ama |
| obverse col 1 16' | The curse (related to) destroying a cedar tree |
| reverse col 3 13' | he swore a niqû-demon. He swore an oath and |
| obverse col 2 9' | On account of the owner of the rations being sold. |
| obverse col 1 12' | You libate a ram-offering to a god. |
| obverse col 1 40' | ...... |
| reverse col 3 22 | May he make a cedar jar at his mouth. |
| reverse col 3 25 | ... the haruspex to be a haruspex |
| reverse col 4 17' | ... the agubû-offering, the haruspex, (and) the tavern... |
| obverse col 1 13' | At the left side of the moon and the Great Gods |
| obverse col 2 2' | When... anything |
| reverse col 3 6' | a garment of zakû-garment has been made. |
| obverse col 2 4' | You set up the table before Marduk |
| obverse col 1 5' | his beloved spouse, one for Bunene, vizier of ama and Aya |
| obverse col 2 24' | ... and... before ama |
| obverse col 1 14' | a tavern, a harpiu-tree, (as well as) food, food (and) kadrû-offering |
| reverse col 3 9' | (If) a mongoose sees it and |
| obverse col 2 12' | he took and before ama and Adad, a sacrifice |
| reverse col 4 15' | price of the pure hand of the holy cedar, |
| reverse col 3 14' | During his case, ama and Adad stand faithfully |
| obverse col 2 1' | son(?) |
| reverse col 4 5' | ... of a canal in the fire of a threshing floor |
| reverse col 3 16 | You crush angugu-stone and the bread and ama |
| obverse col 2 7' | he established, and he established |
| reverse col 4 10' | ... faithful ruler... Enki, Asalluhi |
| obverse col 1 10' | of the... sheep. If meat and milk have come |
| reverse col 4 4' | ... anything evil that does not approach him, Kia-Id, U-Id |
| obverse col 1 20' | The son of the haruspex sits on the throne before ama and Adad. |
| reverse col 3 2' | When the haruspex to the king swore, |
| reverse col 3 12' | (If) the watercourse irrigates the water with fire: |
| reverse col 3 5' | You pour (them) into a libation-vessel. |
| obverse col 2 30' | Nanaya, Ningetina, Ura and Gula |
| obverse col 2 36' | (If) he sees a red nindanu-flour:....... |
| obverse col 1 22' | ama and Adad, the great gods, lords of heaven and earth, |
| reverse col 3 1' | ......... |
| reverse col 4 19' | ....... |
| obverse col 2 20' | (If) his dream is complete: hand of a man's life will be over him. |
| reverse col 3 11' | You put ubû-stone (and) pnu-stone in his body. |
| obverse col 2 22' | In the oil of Ea whose ritual: |
| obverse col 2 33' | Kittu, Miaru, a man |
| reverse col 4 23' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 23' | ... he sees a snake and a snake...... |
| obverse col 2 29' | Ea, the man, Sin, Nergal, Itar |
| reverse col 3 23 | may they place (it) for his horns. |
| reverse col 4 7' | ... pure(?)...s, pure agubbû-offerings, a dilimgal-demon, a torch, a torch |
| reverse col 4 18' | ...... a lawsuit and if a haruspex in his body |
| reverse col 3 27 | ... you do it and |
| obverse col 2 3' | The lord of the sacrifices will raise his hand, and he will make the utnnû-demon rise. |
| obverse col 2 32' | ama, Adad, Marduk, Aya, |
| obverse col 2 25' | He places pure cedar in his hands |
| obverse col 2 28' | Belet-balssu-iqbi, Belet-kurkur, A |
| obverse col 1 21' | Judge the truth and Ishara's verdict. |
| obverse col 2 8' | A sacrifice of the haruspex made and made a case |
| obverse col 1 17' | he has not sworn by the name of the scribal art. |
| reverse col 4 3' | ... the haruspex is located and... is sick |
| obverse col 2 15' | This oil from the beginning to the end of the horn... |
| obverse col 2 11' | In the day of ama, the day is pure cedar |
| reverse col 3 20 | May my life be long, and may my great name be long. |
| obverse col 1 15' | The son of the haruspex shall not seek a lawsuit against(?) the garden |
| obverse col 2 38' | 1 tallu-vessel... |
| obverse col 2 27' | You sit down and the oath of the scribal art... |
| reverse col 3 21 | When a haruspex enters |
| reverse col 3 19 | You speak in his heart to ama and (you) praise |
| reverse col 4 9' | Utu, the diviner, set up a cedar bed with butter and butter. |
| obverse col 2 6' | he will take a possession of a possession, and |
| reverse col 3 8' | ... cedar in his mouth |
| obverse col 2 14' | May (this query) go to your great divinity ama and Adad. |
| obverse col 1 3' | The table for Bunene, vizier ama and Aya |
| reverse col 3 18 | On top of it, there will be many omens. |
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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