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BA 05, 699 (P396507)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BA 05, 699 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396507 |
| 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 10' | If a Weapon is located on the right, and the lower part... |
| obverse 7' | The pure weapon |
| reverse 9' | .... you recite the incantation... |
| reverse 16' | That tablet, with the support of the army, |
| obverse 4' | ... the seat of... |
| obverse 11' | That ZAG |
| obverse 19' | ...... |
| obverse 12' | ...... |
| reverse 6' | ... 5 times... 3 times... |
| reverse 17' | I wrote, collated, and checked |
| obverse 21' | ...... |
| reverse 3' | ... and the right... |
| obverse 10' | above...... |
| reverse 12' | son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 22' | (If) the right of the gall bladder is seen:.... |
| obverse 20' | above... |
| obverse 2' | ...... the front 3... |
| obverse 23' | above... |
| reverse 4' | ... which in...... |
| reverse 8' | ... his..., his... |
| obverse 6' | The pure weapon |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 8' | 15 timu... |
| obverse 13' | ......... |
| reverse 15' | Copy of Assyria, land of Sumer and Akkad. |
| obverse 3' | ... I am the one who... |
| reverse 11' | Assurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 5' | ... like... |
| reverse 5' | ... field, open-hand prayer... |
| reverse 13' | son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 9' | the abode of |
| reverse 7' | ... the right side of the finger in... |
| obverse 24' | ZAG... |
| reverse 19' | in my palace he established. |
| reverse 2' | ... ewe... |
| reverse 18' | For the appearance of my kingship |
| reverse 14' | According to the wording of tablet(s), |
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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