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AfO Beih 27, pl. 10 K 09230 (P397981)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO Beih 27, pl. 10 K 09230 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397981 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] _sumun#_-bar | ... a wild cow |
| 3' | [...] x _kur_-du | ... will reach ... |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | _DISZ# babbar_-at _dumu#?_ [...] | If it is white: the son? .... |
| 3' | _DISZ sa5_-at _lu2#_ [...] | If a man’s hair is red .... |
| 4' | 1(u) _DISZ ge6_-at _dumu lu2_ [...] | If night falls on a man's son .... |
| 5' | _DISZ_ kar3-t,a-at _dumu lu2#_ [...] | If a man’s son is sick: .... |
| 6' | _DISZ_ sza2 1(u) 5(disz) ha-lu-u2 a-s,i _a_ ih#-[x ...] | If 15 people are stricken with halub-disease: ... .... |
| 7' | _DISZ_ sza2 2(gesz2) 3(u) ha-lu-u2 a-s,i man-ma ih-[x ...] | If a man is ill for 180 days: who ... . |
| 8' | [...] x-at is rit asz _szu dingir kur#_ [...] | ... ... hand of the god of the land ... |
| 9' | [...] x-pa a-li-da-at# [...] | ... the city ... |
| 10' | [...] sza2 1(u) 5(disz) ha-lu-u2 [...] | ... of 15 destroyed ... |
| 11' | [...] _dingir kur#?_ [...] | ... the god of the land(?) ... |
| 12' | [... ha]-lu-u2 x [...] | ... destroyed ... |
| 13' | [...] lu [...] | ... ... |
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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