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AfO Beih 27, pl. 05 K 07878 (P397342)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy > Alamdimmû, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO Beih 27, pl. 05 K 07878 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397342 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy > Alamdimmû |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] {d}1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 _e2_ la#-[x ...] | ... Ištar, his house not ... |
| 2' | [...] _e2_-su u2-sza2-zaq#-[szu2] | ... destroyed his house. |
| 3' | [...] _ge6_ ina-[id] | ... he will recover. |
| 4' | [...] i-dam-me-[eq] | ... he will kill |
| 5' | [...] _dumu-mesz tuku_-[szi] | ... have sons. |
| 6' | [...] _lugal sag_ qi2-bu-szu2-ma _ba_ [x] | ... the king, his command ... |
| 7' | [...] ha-an-t,isz ip-pa-ra-ar : up-tar-ra-[ar] | … quickly he will unharness (means) : to remove. |
| 8' | [...] : a-ga-li _uku2_-[in] | ... : agali means ukû-plant. |
| 9' | _DISZ gisz3 szah gar hul e2 ad_-szu2 i-dag-[gal?] | If a pig is seized by a snake: the evil of his father's house will increase. |
| 10' | [...] _nig2-szu_-szu2 _izi gu7 ug7_-ma tusz-szu2 _ugu_-szu2# _[szub_-ut?] | ... his possessions: he will eat fire, eat and dwell, and fall upon him. |
| 11' | [...] s,il-tam : sar-kat-su [...] | ... ṣillītu (means) : his hair |
| 12' | [...] ka-bat _na-bi nita-mesz_ [...] | ... ... the fate of men ... |
| 13' | [...] _sig na-bi nita-mesz_ [...] | ... below, men ... |
| 14' | [...] _dam_-su : na-bi munus-mesz_ [...] | ... his wife : the fate of women ... |
| 15' | [... x]-li#-is, _kimin_ | ... ..., synonym of |
| 16' | [... x]-is,# _kimin_ | ... ..., synonym of |
| 17' | [... _na]-bi# nita-mesz_ [...] | ... the name of the men ... |
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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