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AfO Beih 27, pl. 24 K 14063 (P395369)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO Beih 27, pl. 24 K 14063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395369 |
| 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 |
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 sze_ ina _ugu sag-du na gar szu {d}[x_ ...] | If barley is placed on top of the head: hand of ... . |
| 2 | _DISZ sze_ [ina] _sag-du na_ lu ina 1(u) 5(disz) lu ina 2(gesz2) 3(u) _gar sza3-bi_ [...] | If barley, at the head of the na-gauge, or at 15 or 180 GAR, inside .... |
| 3 | _DISZ sze_ ina _sag-du na sag# gesztu gub3 gar sza3-bi_ [...] | If barley is located on the head of a man's head, on the top of the ears: its inside .... |
| 4 | [_DISZ sze_ ina] _sag-du na sag gesztu zag gar sza3-bi_ [...] | If barley is located on the top of a man's head, on the right side of the ears: its inside .... |
| 5 | _DISZ sze_ ina _sa gu2 na# gar sza3-bi_ [...] | If barley is placed on the neck of a man: its inside .... |
| 6 | _DISZ sze_ ina _sag-ki_-szu2# 1(u) 5(disz) _gar an-dul7#_ [...] | If barley is located on his temple for 15 days: an eclipse .... |
| 7 | _DISZ sze_ ina _sag-ki_-szu2 2(gesz2) 3(u) _gar_ AN [...] | If barley is located on his temple for 180 days: ... .... |
| 8 | _DISZ sze_ ina _dilib3 sag-du_-szu2 _gar szu {d}[x_ ...] | If barley is located on his head: hand of ... . |
| 9 | [...] _sze_ ina _sag-ki_-szu2 1(u) 5(disz) _gar_ at#-[x ...] _ugu#_ [...] | ... the barley is placed 15 times in its forehead ... ... over .... |
| 10 | [...] ina _sag-ki-min_-szu2 lu sza2 1(u) 5(disz) lu sza2 2(gesz2) 3(u) _gar_ [...] | ... on its forehead, either of 15 or of 180 ... |
| 11 | _DISZ sze_ ina ku-tal2 _gu2_-szu2 _gar#_ [...] | If barley is located behind his neck .... |
| 12 | [...] ina# _sur_-szu2 1(u) 5(disz) _gar# dingir#_ ana _lu2 arhusz_ [...] | ... is located on its surface at 15°; a god will show mercy to a man .... |
| 13 | [...] _sur_-szu2 2(gesz2) 3(u) [...] _dingir_ ana _lu2 arhusz_ [...] | ... its course is 180 ...: god will be merciful to the man .... |
| 14 | [...] _gesztu_-szu2 sza2 1(u) 5(disz) lu qer-bi-nu lu [...] lu# 1(u) 5(disz) lu 1(u) 5(disz) [...] _gesztu_-szu2 [...] _gar# gig_ dan-nu# [...] | ... his mind, which is 15 or ... or 15 or 15 ..., his mind ... there is a severe illness ... |
| 16 | [...] _te_ [...] _gar# sig5_ pa-sza2-[x ...] | ... ... you put ...; it is good; .... |
| 17 | [...] _te_ [...] _gar# dingir te lu2#_ [...] | ... ... there is ...: the god ... the man .... |
| 18 | [...] _sig7#_ [x] _gar# sag-mesz_-szu2 i-[x ...] | ... is yellow-green ...: its heads ... .... |
| 19 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _DISZ sze-mesz_ ku#-kal2# _szu#_-szu2# [...] | If barley ... his hand .... |
| 2' | _DISZ sze-mesz du3 su_-szu2 _diri_ [...] | If barley is poured out on his body: .... |
| 3' | _DISZ sze-mesz sa5-mesz du3 su_-szu2 _diri_ [...] | If red barley grows on his body: .... |
| 4' | [... _x]-mesz babbar-mesz du3 su_-szu2 _diri_ [...] | ... white ..., its skin was cloudy ... |
| 5' | [... _x]-mesz# ge6-mesz du3 su_-szu2 _diri#_ [...] | ... dark ..., its ... was eclipsed ... |
| 6' | [_DISZ sze_ ina _sag]-du# munus gar munus-bi#_ [...] | If barley is located on the head of a woman: that woman .... |
| 7' | _e2-gal {m}an-szar2-du3-a_ [...] | Palace of Ašardua |
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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