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Multabiltu no. 106 (P395172)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Multabiltu no. 106 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395172 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 11' | ... of the netherworld,... |
| reverse 14' | According to the wording of the tablet(s), ecstatic(s), ecstatic(s) of Assyria, Sumer and Akkad |
| obverse 6' | ... he will go before him. |
| obverse 12' | ... eat |
| reverse 8' | x fingers, 5 fingers...,... 3 years, 1 finger, small... |
| obverse 2' | ......: he will reach the highest rank; he will reach the highest rank. |
| reverse 15' | I wrote this tablet with the help of the army. I looked at it, looked at it, and |
| reverse 6' | ... the middle 'finger' of the lung is 5 1/2 years. The 1st, the 'finger' is thick. |
| obverse 13' | ... his... |
| obverse 14' | ... is surrounded by a halo. |
| obverse 7' | ... wide |
| reverse 4' | ... the north wind blew. The 6th, year 1/2, the north wind blew.... |
| obverse 4' | ... is small... |
| reverse 2' | ... the beams... |
| reverse 10' | Total: 36 fingers, it is surrounded by a mountain and 1 hundred 66 barleycorns... |
| obverse 9' | ... may he be restored. |
| reverse 3' | .... your...... |
| obverse 5' | ... her head is located..., she will not conquer... |
| reverse 7' | x fingers, the fourth of the small river, 4 1/2 years, 1 finger, the haruspex |
| obverse 8' | ... there will be famine. |
| obverse 10' | ... there will be... in the land. |
| obverse 3' | ...... will approach the prince. |
| obverse 15' | ......... |
| reverse 13' | son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 5' | ......... and... 1 finger... |
| obverse 1' | ...... and reed huts of battle. |
| reverse 11' | If the earths which are in front of the gall bladder and the coils of the gall bladder are in front of you, they will rise towards you. |
| reverse 12' | Assurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| reverse 16' | I established in my palace a kingship for my viewing. |
| reverse 17' | Whoever erases my inscribed name or writes his name, may Nabû, the scribe of all the lands, destroy his name. |
| reverse 9' | 12 fingers of chariot, 3 chariots... |
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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