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TBP 12d (P400025)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 12d |
|---|---|
| ID | P400025 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| 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' | _be_ x [...] | If ... .... |
| 2' | _be_ x [...] | If ... .... |
| 3' | _be_ x [...] | If ... .... |
| 4' | _be_ gab [...] | If all .... |
| 5' | _be_ x [...] | If ... .... |
| 6' | x [...] | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] x _x-mesz_ x [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | _[be] szu-si-mesz ug4_-bi _gar_ x [...] | If the 'finger' of the lung ... .... |
| 3' | _[be] szu#-si-mesz sag-du_ [...] | The 'finger' of the head .... |
| 4' | _[be] szu#-si-mesz si gir2-tab gar_ mi-szar# [...] | If the 'finger' of the lung is split: ... .... |
| 5' | [...] _szu#-si gal_-tum _szu-si#_ [...] | ... the great 'finger' .... |
| 6' | [...] a-ha-mesz zi-za : _bad#_ [...] | ... each other ... : the wall ... |
| 7' | _[be szu]-si#-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 sza2 _te gal_ ana _gal_-ti _diri_ | The 'finger' of his feet, which faces the great 'outside,' is thick. |
| 8' | [...] x ur _igi_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... ... you put a dog in front of him. |
| 9' | _[be szu-si-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 _dib-dib_-tu2 | The 'finger' of his feet is swollen. |
| 10' | [qe]-rib# _e2-gal zukum_-as | in the palace of Zukumas |
| 11' | [...] x x tum _szu_-su _kur_-ad2 | ... ... his hand will conquer. |
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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