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K 03373 (P394970)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03373 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394970 |
| 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 |
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 1' | ... is good |
| obverse 17' | If Bandilanu eats bread: |
| obverse 25' | If a sorcerer is located inside it: the wife of a man will be killed. |
| obverse 9' | His... |
| obverse 23' | If a sow gives birth to a man: he will become rich. |
| obverse 19' | "If LI.DUR is a kasratu-vessel" means "a namratu-vessel." |
| obverse 27' | If a man is swollen: that man will die. |
| obverse 7' | his... |
| obverse 28' | ... wide... evil of his illness... |
| obverse 22' | If a sow gives birth to a man: he will die. |
| reverse 3' | ... ud(?) |
| obverse 3' | ... his......... |
| obverse 10' | his..... |
| obverse 12' | If the heart of the lord is dark:... |
| obverse 18' | If there is a mole on the...,.. will not have.... |
| obverse 14' | If there is a mole in the womb, the god will listen to his prayers. |
| obverse 26' | If a diqru-plant(?), to(?) the uri-plant(?), it is favourable (means): he will experience sorrow. |
| reverse 2' | .... |
| obverse 20' | If LI.DUR is thick, variant: kapsat: she is ill. |
| obverse 5' | ... his... is red |
| obverse 4' | ... his...s are white... |
| obverse 2' | ... to the netherworld |
| obverse 24' | If a sow gives birth to a man: he will become rich. |
| obverse 6' | ... his... is black... |
| obverse 21' | DIS.DUR (means) narbtu. |
| obverse 15' | If the womb is small: the gods will be satisfied. |
| obverse 11' | If he is ill,... the wrath of the god... |
| obverse 16' | If a sow gives birth to a lion: his god will. |
| obverse 1' | ... to... |
| obverse 13' | If there is a mole inside:... |
| obverse 8' | ... his...... |
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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