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JSS 4, 02-13 (P396674)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | JSS 4, 02-13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396674 |
| 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 col 3' 17' | Its rib(?) |
| reverse col 3' 13' | king of kings, man of Babylon |
| reverse col 3' 6' | he smote a man, he smote a man, |
| reverse col 2' 32' | ... the silversmith |
| reverse col 1' 10' | May he go out... |
| reverse col 2' 31' | ... my... |
| reverse col 1' 14' | which you recite in my heart... |
| reverse col 3' 3' | I approached, and to the boat |
| reverse col 1' 11' | Your mouth... |
| reverse col 2' 20' | ... |
| reverse col 1' 3' | ... bread |
| reverse col 2' 12' | ... I have entrusted you. |
| reverse col 3' 5' | The one who digs the canal(s) of the ginugal canal |
| reverse col 3' 1' | ... in(?) its heart |
| reverse col 3' 14' | Nabu came to Babylon and |
| reverse col 1' 12' | Whoever in the future,... |
| reverse col 2' 21' | who... |
| reverse col 1' 15' | Your feet to the wagon(?) |
| reverse col 2' 23' | ...... you destroy... |
| reverse col 2' 19' | my... |
| reverse col 1' 13' | My brother, in the seed of the land... |
| reverse col 3' 16' | Nabonidus to Babylon |
| reverse col 2' 14' | ..... does not exist. |
| reverse col 3' 9' | of the merciful lord Marduk |
| reverse col 1' 6' | The first-class beer... |
| reverse col 2' 13' | ... I have entrusted to you. |
| reverse col 2' 7' | ... he caused to die |
| reverse col 2' 22' | ... her |
| reverse col 1' 7' | Bel, who has sinned |
| reverse col 2' 28' | From the rising of the sun to the rising of the foot |
| reverse col 2' 29' | The ironsmith's bow to your yoke |
| reverse col 2' 17' | ... did not enter the house(?) |
| reverse col 2' 2' | ... plant... |
| reverse col 2' 18' | ... not(?) |
| reverse col 3' 7' | who the watercourse of the raqqatu canal irrigates, |
| reverse col 1' 17' | ...... |
| reverse col 2' 15' | ... he will not give |
| reverse col 1' 8' | The one who is not..., the one who is not |
| reverse col 2' 3' | ... unceasing one |
| reverse col 2' 10' | ... to the house |
| reverse col 3' 8' | to the ground, and to the quay |
| reverse col 3' 15' | Your fingernail of the iatu-tax |
| reverse col 2' 27' | I have heard that I have said to you, |
| reverse col 2' 30' | ... fearsomeness,... |
| reverse col 2' 24' | son of Bntu, the land(?)... went |
| reverse col 1' 16' | That which in it |
| reverse col 2' 8' | ... to guard the city |
| reverse col 2' 9' | ... of the land I marched. |
| reverse col 2' 6' | ... like gold |
| reverse col 2' 4' | ... my face... |
| reverse col 3' 4' | The aratu-disease to Babylon |
| reverse col 2' 11' | ... your... may... be reconciled. |
| reverse col 3' 12' | I prayed, and I spoke to the man of Bb-Bb-Bb-Bb-Bb-Bb-Bb-Bb-Bt-Bt-Bt-Bt-Bt-Bt-Bt-Bt-Bt- |
| reverse col 3' 2' | My heart... the boat(?) |
| reverse col 1' 9' | Come,... |
| reverse col 2' 16' | ... his... for the loss |
| reverse col 3' 11' | I went up to the quay and stood there. |
| reverse col 3' 10' | in the front of his house, the reed mat of the lady of the halo |
| reverse col 2' 5' | ... like alabaster |
| reverse col 2' 25' | lapis lazuli that |
| reverse col 2' 1' | ...... |
| reverse col 2' 26' | Who is your name? Who is it that you have given to me? |
| reverse col 1' 4' | (If) ditto |
| reverse col 1' 5' | ... bread |
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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