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TBP 53 (P398308)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 53 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398308 |
| 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' | [...] x gu du x [...] | ... ... |
| 3' | [_DISZ_ x] da#-ba-ba ma-'-[x ...] | If ... a man's speech is very ...: .... |
| 4' | _DISZ# na? eme_-szu2 _nu e3_-at [...] | If a man's tongue does not come out ... |
| 5' | _DISZ#_ mi-is, [...] | If a pig ... |
| 6' | _DISZ#_ mi-is, _zi-mesz_-szu2 ik-te#-[ner-ru ...] | If a man’s body is constantly swollen: .... |
| 7' | _DISZ#_ le-zu [...] | If he is ill: .... |
| 8' | _DISZ#_ ra-bi [...] | If a large ... . |
| 9' | [_DISZ_] sza-lit, [...] | If he is swollen: .... |
| 10' | [_DISZ_] pa-ri-isz [...] | If he is swollen: .... |
| 11' | [_DISZ_] da-an x [...] | If ... .... |
| 12' | [_DISZ_] ni-ih bu x [...] | If he is afflicted with niḫu-disease: .... |
| 13' | [_DISZ_] x-tu _dam_-su [...] | If ... his wife .... |
| 14' | [x _dingir-mesz_ ra]-bi-u2-tum sza2 a-me-lu-ti za#-[qi2-iq-sza2 ...] | ... the great gods of mankind, her praise ... |
| 15' | _[dub 2(disz)-kam] DISZ_ nig2-dim2-dim2-me x [...] | Second tablet of (the series called) “If a reed mat ... |
| 16' | [...] _a man szu2 man kur an-szar2{ki}_ [...] | ... king of the universe, lord of the land of Assur, ... |
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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