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AfO Beih 27, pl. 31 (P395246)
CANONICAL, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO Beih 27, pl. 31 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395246 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL |
| 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 | _be me-dim2 te tuku_-ma ina _du11-du11#_ [...] | If a ghost has a tail and ... in a speech .... |
| 2 | _be_ szap-as-su _an-ta ki-ta_ s,ep#-[x ...] | If its top is elevated above and below ... .... |
| 3 | _be babbar igi-min_-szu _sa5_ ul4-luh [...] | If the white part of his eyes is red: panic .... |
| 4 | _be gi babbar igi-mesz_-sza2 _sa5_ ul4-luh [...] | If the front of the white reed is covered in red spots: .... |
| 5 | _be gi gu2_ ku ra pa sza _szub-szub szu-bi-asz-am3_ | If the reeds on the neck of the lung are thick: the one who falls into disrepair will become poor. |
| 6 | _be ad-sza4 pesz_ [...] | If an anomaly .... |
| 7 | _be_ i-ne-szu2 hi a kal _zalag2_ dum-LUM [...] | If, at this time, the sun is bright all day .... |
| 8 | _be u-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 _tur-mesz nim-mesz ugu#_ [...] | If the vertebrae are small: lightning .... |
| 9 | _be u-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 _tur-mesz_ szag-ga-ma na-par2-[x ...] | If the vertebrae are small: ... .... |
| 10 | _be u-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 _tur-mesz_ szu-us-hu-ra-ma ki-is,-ra _gar_-na | If the vertebrae of its feet are small: there will be a rebellion. |
| 11 | al-ma-nu-[x ...] | Almanu-... |
| 12 | _be u-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 _uzu_ szu-tu2-ur5 [...] | If the vertebrae are swollen: .... |
| 13 | _be u-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 sza2 _te gal_-ti ana _gal_-ti# [...] | If the vertebrae of his feet ... to the great .... |
| 14 | _be ka-bun2-min_-szu2 ba-'-la# [...] | If his intestines are swollen .... |
| 15 | _be ka-bun2-min_-szu2 szum-mu-t,a-ma# [...] | If his intestines are swollen and .... |
| 16 | ina _gisz#_ [...] | in ... ... |
| 17 | _be sag kir4_-szu2 par2#-[x ...] | If the top of his nose is ... .... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _be a-ra2 du3 er2 szub-me ka-balag-bi_ [...] | If the 'path' is long: weeping will fall; its harp .... |
| 2 | _na bi nam-ad-sza4#_ [...] | That man will experience ... distress. |
| 3 | _be_ in _ka_-szu2 _eme_-szu2 _kalag_-at2 si ku _lul#_ [...] | If in his mouth his tongue is swollen: falsehood .... |
| 4 | ina _gisz_ [...] | in ... ... |
| 5 | _be alam du3_ szi ru im _ka du3 kar nig2-tuku_ da-[x ...] | If a figure is surrounded by a halo: ... .... |
| 6 | _a2-tuku lal_ [...] | “If he has power, he will recover .... |
| 7 | [...] _kir4#_-szu2 i-za-qam-ma u i-szah-hi-it, [...] | ... his breast rises and trembles ... |
| 8 | [... x]-di-szu usz-ta-naq-[x ...] | ... he smote ... |
| 9 | [...] _nu#_ [...] | ... ... not ... |
| 10 | [... x]-ma ana x x | ... and to ... |
| 11 | [...] _a man szu2 man kur an-szar2{ki}_ x [...] | ... ..., king of the universe, lord of Assyria ... |
| 12 | i-hu-uz-zu _igi-min_ na-mir#-[tum ...] | He acquired for himself shining eyes .... |
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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