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TBP 4a (P424567)
CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy > Alamdimmû, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TBP 4a |
|---|---|
| ID | P424567 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Physiognomy > Alamdimmû |
| 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]-s,a-nu [...] | ... ..., ... |
| 2' | i-na-[x ...] | ... ... |
| 3' | i-tah-la-s,a-nu [...] | They smote ... |
| 4' | _DISZ_ ti-ra-an ku-tal2-li# [...] | If a man’s left thigh .... |
| 5' | _DISZ_ mu-uh2-ha-szu sa3-hi-ir#? [...] | If he is constantly afflicted by muhhu-disease: .... |
| 6' | _DISZ_ mu-uh2-ha-szu ha-bi-isz [...] | If he is constantly afflicted by muhhu-disease: .... |
| 7' | DIS mu-uh2-ha-szu ra-pa-asz [...] | If he is swollen from muhhāšu-disease: |
| 8' | _DISZ_ mu-uh2-ha-szu mit-ha-ar# [...] | If he is constantly afflicted by muhhu-disease: .... |
| 9' | _DISZ_ mu-uh2-ha-szu _min sze_-im u [...] | If he is constantly affected by muhhu-disease: ditto barley and .... |
| 10' | _DISZ_ mu-uh2-ha-szu _min_-ma ana _zag_ [...] | If his saliva flows and ... to the right .... |
| 11' | ina _gir3-min_-szu2 _e2 [ad_-szu2 _bir_-ah ...] | on his feet the house of his father will be scattered .... |
| 12' | _DISZ_ mu-uh2-ha-szu _min_-ma ana _gub3_ la-wa-at# | If his saliva ditto and sits on it: he will get better. |
| 13' | ina _gir3-min_-szu2 _e2 [ad_-szu2 _bir_-ah ...] | on his feet the house of his father will be scattered .... |
| 14′ | [_DISZ_ mu-uh2]-ha-szu _min_-ma ana _zag#_ [...] | If his muhhu-disease ditto and on the right .... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [... _sag-ki] lu2# gin7_ [...] | ... the forehead of a man, like ... |
| 2' | [... _sag-ki] lu2# buru3-mesz diri-mesz# [...] | ... the head of the harvest, extra harvest ... |
| 3' | [... _sag]-ki# lu2 sze-mesz diri-mesz_ [...] | ... the head of a man with extra barley ... |
| 4' | [...] _sag-ki lu2 tag2-mesz diri-mesz_ ina _gir3#_ [...] | ... the head of a man is covered. ... by a sword .... |
| 5' | [_DISZ_] pal-lu-ur-ta masz-ta _diri sag#-[du_ ...] | If he is afflicted with pallurtu-disease: he will become poor; the head .... |
| 6' | _DISZ sag-du_-su _gin7_ kal-li _nig2-bun2-na#_ [...] | If his head is swollen like a kallû-demon .... |
| 7' | _DISZ sag-ki_ [...] | If the temple ... |
| 8' | _dub 2(disz)-kam DISZ_ alam-dim-mu-u2 2(disz) szu-szi# [...] | 2nd tablet of "If alamdimmû is 2 šuši ." |
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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