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2R 36, 3 (P395489)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 2R 36, 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395489 |
| 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 Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | [...] [...]-⸢li⸣ | ... ...-elî |
| 2' | [...] [...]-KU | ...-KU |
| 3' | [...] [...] LU₂ | ... a man |
| 4' | [...] [...] bu-lim | ... ... fruit |
| 5' | [...] ⸢rig⸣-mu | ... a stela |
| 6' | [...] {<MIN(rig-mu)>} {d}IŠKUR | ... Adad |
| 7' | [...] {<MIN(rig-mu)>} UR.MAH | ... lion |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {<MIN(rig-mu)>} {d}iš₈-tar₂ | ... Ištar |
| 9' | mar e-qu-u₂ | |
| 10' | [u₂] til₃-la tag-ga {<MIN(e-qu-u₂)>} ša₂ šam-me | living plants, cultivated, |
| 11' | kiŋ₂ pa-a-rum | the place of the scepter |
| 12' | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣-kiŋ₂ ši-te-ʾ-u | E-ki, the ši-te-al-u |
| 13' | ⸢bu⸣-bu-lu bu-ʾ-u | |
| 14' | ⸢KA⸣-sal me-ku-u ša₂ KA | E-KA-e-sal |
| 15' | ⸢gi₄⸣-me {<MIN(me-ku-u)>} ša₂ LU₂ | The emukû-priests are the men’s ditto. |
| 16' | šag₄ lib-bu | heart |
| 17' | lipiš ṣur-rum | |
| 18' | peš ka-bat-tum | |
| 19' | [peš]-tur-zi lib-lib-bu | may a rejoicing heart |
| 20' | usu e-mu-qu | strength of army |
| 21' | ⸢a₂⸣-ŋal₂ ku-bu-uk-ku | |
| 22' | ⸢kalag⸣-ga da-na-nu | strong one, strong one |
| 23' | ⸢igi⸣ tur na-a-ṣu | a small window opened |
| 24' | ⸢igi⸣ tur-tur ša₂-a-ṭu | a small window opening |
| 25' | ⸢niŋ₂-ki⸣-huš-a šu-ut-ta-tum | (a kind of sulphur) |
| 26' | ⸢mah⸣-di na-hal-lum | “The great one, the herald, |
| 27' | si-dug₄-ga ha-aš-tum | (a kind of reed) |
| 28' | saŋ re-šu | shoulder, shoulder |
| 29' | dub-saŋ qud-mu | scribe of Qudmu |
| 30' | dub-saŋ-ŋa₂ mu-ut-tum | The scribe, the widow |
| 31' | gu₂ mah-ru | received. |
| ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢ka⸣-[izi] [...] | In the Ezi temple |
| 2' | aš₂-[bala] [...] | I have redeemed |
| 3' | aš₂ bala-⸢e⸣ [...] | As for the bala-e’e-demon |
| 4' | aš₂ bal dug₄-⸢ga⸣ [...] | As for the one who removes my inscription |
| 5' | šu [la₂] [...] | Hand of ... |
| 6' | še ⸢ti⸣ [...] | The barley of the eti-e23 temple |
| 7' | gug i₃-la₂-⸢e⸣ [...] | he will weigh out the silver |
| 8' | niŋ₂-šag₄-{ha-ab}hab [...] | (Sum) The one who shook his head(?) (Akk) He was shaking his head |
| 9' | sum₄ ⸢mu₂⸣ [...] | “It is the beginning of the ešû-plant |
| 10' | nir-mu₂-a [...] | By my own deed |
| 11' | šul nir-mu₂-a [...] | (Sum) I am the one who makes the šulgi tremble |
| 12' | tag [...] | Tag ... |
| 13' | kud-da [...] | ... with a shovel |
| 14' | igi hulu [...] | Evil eye ... |
| 15' | kar [...] | The quay |
| 16' | ⸢kar⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | kar-⸢ra⸣ [...] | Kar-erae |
| 18' | ne-⸢e⸣ [...] | Nēe’e |
| 19' | {ni-in-nu}[nenni] [...] | “You are our lord, ... |
| 20' | šem-bi-zid e-gu-u | šambi-zid (means) egû-plant |
| 21' | šem-bi-zid igi gun₃ {<MIN(e-gu-u)>} ša₂ e-qe₂-e | Šembizid, with a speckled face, |
| 22' | šag₄-tur₃ šu tag-ga {<MIN(e-gu-u)>} ša₂ U₂ | Hand-lifting šagtur |
| 23' | nim-bar-huš gu-qa-nu | nimbarhuš-plant, guqānu-plant |
| 24' | igi-gu-la₂ {<MIN(gu-qa-nu)>} ša₂ i-ni | igigula, ditto of his eye |
| 25' | u₂ su₃-su₃ pa-ta-nu | “Sūsu-plant, open to the door’s door. |
| 26' | mu₃ AK-a {<MIN(pa-ta-nu)>} ša₂ a-ka-li | year: “AK-a, ditto of the kali-vessel,’ |
| 27' | dun{du-un}dun {<MIN(AK-a)>} {<MIN(pa-ta-nu)>} ša₂ LU₂ | Dundu (means) “ditto,’ |
| 28' | šub-ba a-ba-ku | in the hand of Aba |
| 29' | šu-uš {<MIN(a-ba-ku)>} ša₂ {giš}MA₂ | Hand of a Boat |
| 30' | gid₂-da e-le-pu | he made long. |
| 31' | {⸢ru-u⸣}ru₅ {<MIN(e-le-pu)>} ša₂ GIŠ | ērû-plant (a kind of juniper) |
| 32' | ⸢ŋeš ri⸣-a ul-lu-pu ša₂ GIŠ | “It is the rī’ea that makes the heart tremble |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ir ša₂-la-lum | šalālu-stone |
| 2' | {⸢la-ah⸣}lah₄ {<MIN(ša₂-la-lum)>} ša₂ a-la-ki | e’alaḫ-lalû-plant |
| 3' | [nim]-nim i-⸢taš⸣-lu-lum | “If he slips through the door pivots, |
| 4' | [...]-rig₂ ma-ša₂-du ša₂ ⸢SIKI⸣ | ... of the esikû-tree |
| 5' | [suh] dub {<MIN(ma-ša₂-du)>} ša₂ pir-⸢tim⸣ | a copy of the ditto tablet of Pir-etim-e23 |
| 6' | lah {<MIN(ma-ša₂-du)>} ša₂ ⸢MAŠKIM⸣ | ... of EmaškIM-e23 |
| 7' | [...] [mi]-⸢šit⸣-tum | ... Mi-esvitum |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | ha-a limmu-bi }} hi ha-⸢a⸣-[qu] ša₂ KAŠ | “Ha, eponym year of Ḫa-equ, of beer |
| 2' | hi ma-[za-ru] ša₂ SIKI | ... of the hem |
| 3' | hi ra-a-ku ša₂ ⸢IM⸣ | I am the one who loves the ešāmu-plant |
| 4' | hi le-⸢qu-u⸣ ša₂ ⸢mal-tak-ti⸣ | “Hand-lifting-plant of the Maltakti-plant, |
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