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TBP 16 (P396426)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy > Alamdimmû > Šumma Ea liballiṭka, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 16 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396426 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy > Alamdimmû > Šumma Ea liballiṭka |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2 4' | If his feet.... |
| col 2 10' | If... |
| col 2 11' | If... |
| col 2 12' | If... |
| col 2 13' | If... |
| col 2 7' | If... |
| col 2 8' | If... |
| col 2 9' | If... |
| col 1 8 | If the eye is dark: he will die. |
| reverse 2' | ... the numerous of Assyria |
| col 1 15 | ... his...,..., |
| col 1 1 | If a sorcery is covered like... |
| col 1 10 | If a sow... is located...: he will become frightened in the house. |
| col 1 16 | ... evil before |
| reverse 7' | ..... I wrote and collated it. |
| reverse 6' | ... your... as many as there are. |
| col 1 12 | There will be no rejoicing in the province. |
| col 1 9 | If an anomaly is provided with a pig's eyes: evil. |
| col 1 19 | ... his god is angry with him. |
| col 1 17 | ......: death of the heart. |
| col 1 18 | ... his (personal) god (is) his helper |
| col 1 7 | If he sees a man: he will become a widow. |
| col 2 5' | If a pregnant woman |
| col 1 4 | If he is ill: the throne will become stable. |
| reverse 1' | ........... |
| col 1 14 | If his eyes are swollen: he will recover. |
| reverse 4' | ... the awe-inspiring brilliance of the scribal art, |
| col 1 23 | ... up and down... |
| col 2 3' | ...... |
| col 1 22 | ... in weapon... |
| col 2 1' | ... |
| col 2 6' | If a sow... |
| col 1 20 | .... he killed with weapons. |
| col 1 13 | If his eyes are swollen: he will recover. |
| col 1 6 | If the eye of a fish is located: a weapon(?) will kill (it) in a weapon |
| reverse 3' | ... he heaped up. |
| col 1 11 | If his eyes are dark: he will become rich. |
| col 1 2 | If the 'weapon'-mark is present: he will not acquire an opponent. |
| reverse 5' | ... may... be before me, nobody will learn about this work. |
| col 1 21 | ........ she has a curse. |
| reverse 8' | ... my prayer,... in my palace I established. |
| col 1 3 | If his... are yellow-green: he will die; he will die in his body.... |
| col 1 5 | If a perforation is located on the site of your mouth: food will not be eaten. |
| col 2 2' | ... before |
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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