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Multabiltu no. 090 (P395251)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Multabiltu no. 090 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395251 |
| 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 8' | He sent out a message, wrote this tablet, and... |
| obverse 1 | The breast-bone is a niirtu-snake. The lumps which were created in the field of Ea. |
| reverse 5' | Tablet of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 10 | You put 7 weapons on the right and 5(4). You pound 3 times in a censer. |
| obverse 16 | which in the land...... |
| obverse 12 | ... daily... |
| obverse 13 | The right side of the 'finger' is... |
| obverse 6 | ... the house(?)... with a weapon and a cloister may he... the brother for the share. |
| reverse 4' | 6 fingers... |
| obverse 5 | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, stands with the right, and stands with the left. |
| reverse 2' | Tablet of dispelling... |
| reverse 9' | he created, and established it in his palace. |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 8 | With a weapon... |
| obverse 11 | I am writing to you. The day of the night, the month and the 1st day are favourable. |
| reverse 7' | (and) the awe-inspiring radiance of heaven and earth, the wisdom of ama and Adad |
| reverse 3' | a type of tree... |
| obverse 9 | ......... |
| obverse 3 | If the right and left surface of the 'finger' are split: the 7th will become confused. |
| obverse 4 | The 'hand' of the 'hand' of the 'finger' is 'loose.' The father went out to the netherworld. |
| obverse 14 | ... and.. |
| obverse 15 | ... and the heart like... |
| obverse 2 | The news that is written in this papyrus, written in this papyrus, 7 days. |
| obverse 7 | ... with a weapon... |
| reverse 6' | Beloved of the great gods of ama and Adad, gave him a wide understanding, and |
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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