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Multabiltu no. 025 (P397586)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Multabiltu no. 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397586 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 10 | If a tree has come out in the middle of the lung and it rises above the lower part: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse col 2 6 | It is favourable. Its utterance is unfavourable. |
| obverse col 1 2 | of Utabilti before you. |
| obverse col 2 17 | If your body is swollen: he will die on the right. |
| obverse col 2 18 | (If) he is ill: the enemy will come out in my path. |
| obverse col 2 7 | If your lung is well: good fortune in it....... |
| obverse col 2 16 | (If) he dies, my troops will fall, my troops will fall, he will die. |
| obverse col 1 11 | If the 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is located on the right. |
| obverse col 2 1 | If your feet are well, the top of the middle surface of the 'finger' is split. |
| obverse col 2 5 | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the 'weapon'-mark and the 'weapon'-mark is located on the base of the middle surface of the 'finger.' |
| obverse col 1 8 | If your 'well-being' is dark and your face does not see you. |
| reverse col 3 7' | ... at the left of the gall bladder 3 feet and their top is 1 |
| obverse col 1 15 | Relentless one, as many as there are, |
| obverse col 1 12 | If a Perforation is located on the surface of the Well-being: the heir will die. |
| obverse col 2 14 | In the middle of the night, the right and left side of the 'finger' raises a 'well-being'. |
| obverse col 2 2 | (If) they are dark: the enemy will kill. |
| obverse col 1 3 | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder like a lunar halo, and it rises above and below. |
| obverse col 2 9 | If your lung is well: the breast-bone is present in its middle. |
| reverse col 3 1' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 7 | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger.' |
| reverse col 3 6' | ... one sick person |
| obverse col 2 10 | (If) he is stricken: my troops will die; my troops will die in her famine; he will die in his famine. |
| obverse col 1 16 | or in his foundation he sat down, and they sat down. |
| obverse col 1 6 | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder, it will be seen in front of.... |
| obverse col 2 15 | The'strength' is present. The breast-bone is on the right and on the left. |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... dead(?) |
| reverse col 3 4' | ... that woman will die for 2 days. |
| obverse col 1 5 | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder and....... |
| reverse col 3 9' | ... in its beginning to the west. The right of the 'finger' is split. |
| obverse col 2 11 | If ditto (and) its name is located in your body: a good fortune. |
| obverse col 2 3 | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the 'weapon'-mark and your 'weapon'-mark is located on the middle of the middle surface of the 'finger.' |
| reverse col 3 8' | ... the middle of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' That month, |
| obverse col 2 12 | is located; it is not favourable; it is favourable in an unfavorable place. |
| obverse col 1 9 | When he is seen, he enters whatever he enters and after the kallutu-festival |
| obverse col 2 13 | The'strength' is present. The breast-bone is on the right and on the left. |
| obverse col 1 13 | who said and gave their sign |
| reverse col 3 10' | ... a favorable decision, like a reed... |
| obverse col 1 1 | If fate and fate |
| obverse col 1 14 | If the Well-beings or in its midst or in its midst or in the intestines, |
| obverse col 1 4 | ... the front of the palace... is split. |
| reverse col 3 3' | ... KA-DUGGA |
| obverse col 2 4 | (If) there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger': my troops will be seized. |
| obverse col 2 8 | You are favourable with me and you are favourable. |
| reverse col 3 5' | ... right and left |
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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