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TBP 03a (P395241)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 03a |
|---|---|
| ID | P395241 |
| 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 |
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 | ||
| 1 | _DISZ_ ti-ra-nu ina _sag-du lu2 zag#_ [...] | If tiranu-disease in the head of a man .... |
| 2 | _DISZ_ ti-ra-nu ina _sag-du lu2 gub3#_ [...] | If tiranu-disease stands in the head of a man .... |
| 3 | _DISZ_ ti-ra-nu ina _sag-du lu2_ ina# [...] | If tiranu-disease in the head of a man in .... |
| 4 | _DISZ_ ti-ra-nu ina _sag-du lu2 zag#_ [...] | If tiranu-disease in the head of a man .... |
| 5 | _DISZ_ ti-ra-nu ina _sag-du lu2_ x [...] | If tiranu-disease in the head of a man ... .... |
| 6 | _DISZ_ ti-ra-nu ina _sag-du lu2 min_ [...] | If tiranu-stone on the head of a man ditto: .... |
| 7 | _DISZ_ ti-ra-nu ina _sag-du lu2_ [...] | If tiranu-disease in the head of a man .... |
| 8 | _DISZ_ ti-ra-an ku-tal2-li-szu2 ki-[x ...] | If a tirānu-mark on his back ... . |
| 9 | _DISZ_ ina# _zag# na bi uku2_-in# | If he is swollen on the right side of the lung, |
| 10 | _DISZ zag_ pu-uh-hu-ru _kimin#_ [...] | If the right side of the lung is swollen: .... |
| 11 | _DISZ gub3#_ pu-uh-hu-ru-ma [...] ina _zu_ x [...] | If a kidney is swollen and ... in the body ... .... |
| 12 | _DISZ_ i-tah-la-s,a-nu [...] | If he is constantly stricken . . |
| 13 | _DISZ_ ti-ra-an ku-tal2-li#-[szu2 ...] | If a tirānu-mark on his back .... |
| 14 | _DISZ_ mu-uh2-ha-szu s,a#-[x ...] | If muhhu-disease .... |
| 15 | _[DISZ]_ mu#-uh2-ha-szu2# [...] | If muhhāsu-disease ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | sza [...] | of ... |
| 2' | i-hu#-[zu ...] | he smote ... |
| 3' | sza ina _lugal#_ [...] | which among the kings . . |
| 4' | ni-me-eq _{d}ak_ [...] | the wisdom of Nabû |
| 5' | ina _dub-mesz_ asz2-t,ur# [...] | I wrote on tablets ... |
| 6' | a-na ta-mar-ti-a szi-ta#-[as-si-a ...] | For my reading and recitation, . . |
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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