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TBP 28 (P396785)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 28 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396785 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy |
| 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' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] _szu#-min_-szu2 x [...] | ... his hands ... ... |
| 3' | [...] _asz2-mesz szu-min kur#_ [...] | ... the cattle of the hands of the land ... |
| 4' | [...] _sig#_ kit-ra i-[x ...] | ... it was covered in red wool ... ... |
| 5' | [...] x-s,a _uku2_-in# [...] | ... ... is dark: .... |
| 6' | [...] ni ne ka a s,al-ta# [...] | ... his ..., from the water of the ṣalû |
| 7' | [...] _szu#-si szu-min_-szu2 ku-mu-da s,al-ta# [...] | ... his hands are swollen, he is covered in blood ... |
| 8' | [...] x-la mu-sze-ziq : _DISZ_ [...] | ... ... is swollen : ... |
| 9' | [...] _dib#-dib_-ta _dib-dib#?_ [...] | ... passing by, passing by ... |
| 10' | [...] _6(disz)-ta-am3_ ina _gir2-min_-szu2 _e2 ad#_ [...] | ... 6 times with his feet the house of the father ... |
| 11' | _[DISZ]_ ki#-im-ki-im-mi _szu-si-mesz_ szu ba#? [...] | If the fingers of a man’s thigh are twisted: .... |
| 12' | _[DISZ] szu-si-mesz szu-min_-szu2 _gid2-da-mesz szu-si-mesz_ [...] | If his hands are long, his hands ... |
| 13' | [...] _lugud2-mesz min gid2-mesz_ i-x [...] | ... long, ditto long ... ... |
| 14' | [...] _egir#-mesz_ ur-ru-ra [...] | ... in the future ... |
| 15' | [...] _szu#-min_-szu2 _2(disz)-ta-am3_ s,ab-ta ana _ad_-szu2 x [...] | ... his hands are 2 each, seized, for his father ... ... |
| 16' | [...] _szu#-min_-szu2 u _gir2-min_-szu2 _gid2-mesz_ i-x [...] | ... his hands and feet ... ... |
| 17' | [...] _szu#-min_-szu2 u _gir2-min_-szu2 ku-us,-s,u2-ra# [...] | ... his hands and feet are bound ... |
| 18' | [...] _zag_-szu2 _dib-dib_-ta | ... his right ... passed by. |
| 19' | [...] _gub3#_-szu2 _dib-dib#_-[ta ...] | ... his left ... passing by ... |
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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