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TBP 05 (P397473)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397473 |
| 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 | _DISZ sag-ki nu tuku_ tak-szi-tum [...] | If he does not have a temple: a takšītu-disease .... |
| 2 | _DISZ tur {d}lama#_ [...] | If the child of Lamassu ... |
| 3 | _DISZ_ e-bi-it, _mu_ [...] _mu_ x [...] | If an anomaly ... .... |
| 4 | _DISZ babbar_ ina [...] ina x [...] | If white plant in ... in .... |
| 5 | _DISZ_ ba-qisz pa-nu-szu [...] | If a man’s face is swollen: .... |
| 6 | _DISZ min_-ma szu-u2 _an_ x x i-na-pu-usz _igi-min_-szu2 _il2#_ [...] | If ditto and that man ... rains, his eyes raise .... |
| 7 | _DISZ min_-ma _igi-mesz_-szu2 pi-qa [...] x-i-mi [...] | If ditto and his eyes are blocked ... ... |
| 8 | _DISZ_ ha-bi-isz ba-a-a-asz : [...] | DIŠ. Ḫabit-Baʿasz means : ... |
| 9 | _DISZ min_-ma [...] x nu x : _{d}lama_ [...] | If ditto and ... : Lamassu ... |
| 10 | _DISZ dagal_-asz#? [... _sza3] nu du10-ga_ | If he is wide ...: he will not be satisfied. |
| 11 | _DISZ min_-ma x x x [...] _igi#-min_ [...] | If ditto and ... .... |
| 12 | _DISZ gid2-da_ ina _pap-hal_ u [x x x x ina?]-pu#?-usz _sag-ki_-su x [...] | If a long stroke has occurred in the paphalû-demon and ...: his forehead ... .... |
| 13 | [_DISZ_ ...] ma-'-du# [... _usz2_] ha-am-t,a _ug7#_ | If ... is much ...: he will die of hunger. |
| 14 | [_DISZ_ ...] da#-'-mu# [...] | If ... ... da'mu-disease .... |
| 15 | [_DISZ_ ...] x-ma [...] x x [...] | If ... and ... .... |
| 16 | [_DISZ_ ...] x [...] | If ... .... |
| 17 | [_DISZ_ ...] x [...] | If ... .... |
| 18 | [_DISZ_ ...] x [...] | If ... .... |
| 19 | [_DISZ_ ...] x _ti u4-mesz#_ [...] | If ... days .... |
| 20 | [_DISZ_ ...] x : ek-lisz [...] | If ... ...: it is thick .... |
| 21 | [...] | |
| 22 | [...] | |
| 23 | [... _u4-mesz_-szu2?] lugud2?-mesz | ... his days were long |
| 24 | [... x]-s,ir-ti _ug7_ | ... ... the people |
| 25 | [... x]-szi# _ug7_ | ... ... the people |
| 26 | [...] _ug7_ | ... will die. |
| 27 | [...] _ug7_ | ... will die. |
| 28 | [... _x]-mesz_ | ... ...s |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] la#-ti _ug7#_ | ... the dead, the dead. |
| 2' | [...] szar#-ri : _usz2_ bu-ri _ug7_ | ... king : USH2 means būru-disease. |
| 3' | [...] _usz2 i7 : usz2_ ha-am-t,a _ug7_ | ... he will die. The river : death of a sick person. |
| 4' | [...] _usz2_ s,u2-me-e _ug7_ | ... will die; the people will die of hunger. |
| 5' | [...] _gig-mesz lu2 dib-mesz_ | ... illness, people passing by |
| 6' | [...] _lu2 lu2-bi_ ina _e2 tusz_-ab | ... that man will dwell in the house. |
| 7' | [...] _kud# : gam_ i-_kur2 a2 zi-ga lu2 na ug7_ | ... ...: he will become hostile; a man's arm will be killed. |
| 8' | [...] _nu#_ i-_kur2 a2 zi-ga lu2 e3_ | ... does not change: the man's right arm will go out. |
| 9' | [...] _u4_ u2-[...] x i-la-lu-tam _lu2 gen_ | ... the day ... ... you are a lamentation singer. |
| 10' | [...] _ninda lu2-bi ninda_ i-be-ru : _DISZ gir3:ug:pan usz_ ri-i-ib-ti _lu2 ug7_ | ... the bread of that man will be bread. : If a stag's bone causes a death: the people will die. |
| 11' | _DISZ ti:im_ ba-la-at, _sza3_-bi _na_ : _DISZ esz zi-ga szu na_ | If a man’s belly is full of blood: : If he is ill with esh ziga-disease: hand of the man. |
| 12' | _DISZ mesz szu dingir lu2 dib_-bat : _kur_-ad : | If a man is seized by the hand of a god : kurad means : |
| 13' | _DISZ man_ bu-tuq-ti _e2 lu2 gar_-an : | If a king is seized by a man's house: |
| 14' | _DISZ_ he-pi2 _dam-mesz lu2 ug7-mesz_ | If a man’s wife is broken: |
| 15' | _DISZ sig7-igi zag_ ka-bar ana _mi2_ wa-s,i | If a yellow-green mole on the right side of the 'finger' is drawn towards the woman: |
| 16' | _dub 3-kam_ alam-dim2-mu-u2 2(disz) szu-szi _6(disz)-ta-am3 mu-szid im-bi_ | 3rd tablet of Alamdimmû. 2 sixty, 6 each, the writer of the tablet. |
| 17' | _e2-gal {m}an-szar2-du3-a lugal szu2 lugal kur an-szar2{ki}_ sza _{d}ag_ u tasz-me-tam _gesztug-min [dagal_-tum?] | the palace of Esarhaddon, king of the world, King of Assyria, of Nabû and Tašmētum, wide-minded |
| 18' | isz-ru-ku-usz i-hu-zu-zu _igi-min_ na-mir-tu ni-siq t,up-szar-[ru-ti?] | he presented to him. He acquired for himself shining eyes, the pinnacle of scholarship. |
| 19' | sza ina _lugal-mesz_ a-lik mah-ri-ia mim-ma szip-ru szu-a-tu la i-[hu-zu] | Which none of the kings who came before me had learned, |
| 20' | ni-me-eq _{d}ag_ ti-kip sa-an-tak-ki ma-la ba-[asz-mu] | the wisdom of Nabû, the tikpi of the net, as much as there is |
| 21' | ina _dub-mesz_ asz-t,ur as-niq ab-[ri-e-ma] | I wrote on tablets, checked, collated, and |
| 22' | a-na ta-mar-ti szi-ta-as-si-ia qi2-rib _e2-gal_ u2-[kin] | for my reading and recitation in the middle of the palace he established. |
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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