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BOC pl. 47-48 Rm 0601 (P424858)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BOC pl. 47-48 Rm 0601 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424858 |
| 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 1' | ama, lord of judgment, lord of judgment |
| reverse 20' | he created, and in his palace he established |
| obverse 18' | Does your great divinity, ama, know it? |
| obverse 22' | Disregard that he who is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, or anointed himself with anything unclean. |
| reverse 11' | when Marduk created him |
| reverse 9' | with Marduk, with his god and his goddess he shall be released |
| obverse 8' | his heart, a slander, fearsomeness and fearsomeness |
| obverse 12' | let him bring... to his eunuch |
| reverse 4' | he will receive; he will receive; he will receive. |
| reverse 5' | his earlier brother had entered, his later brother shall be killed. |
| obverse 6' | his face is set, his face... |
| obverse 19' | Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the man is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments. |
| reverse 18' | The fate of the adlu-priestess of heaven and underworld, the wisdom of ama and Adad became angry and |
| obverse 15' | his heart to his lord |
| obverse 11' | to his eunuch... faithfully |
| reverse 13' | With wrongdoing and wrongdoing, Marduk will be killed. |
| reverse 12' | and the limbs of Marduk he established |
| reverse 19' | he has sent back. His karsu tablet he wrote, he is ill. |
| obverse 16' | ... as many as there are. |
| obverse 14' | ... speaks truthfully |
| reverse 3' | is pleasing to his (personal) god and his (personal) goddess |
| obverse 4' | to his eunuch... faithfully |
| reverse 10' | the privileged status of his (personal) god and his (personal) goddess will be released |
| reverse 2' | and the igû-demon shall weigh out. |
| reverse 14' | According to this ram he will perform it. |
| obverse 21' | (If) he is ill: he will die. |
| obverse 2' | ama, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you! |
| obverse 7' | ... the word of evil, the word of truth, |
| reverse 15' | Copy of Babylon like a red ullu-pî-stone. |
| obverse 25' | ... your great divinity. |
| obverse 23' | 'May... be like a..., and may he become like a..., |
| obverse 10' | (If) so-and-so, son of so-and-so, your servant |
| reverse 8' | his guilt, his guilt, his guilt |
| obverse 20' | By means of the awe-inspiring radiance of the tadru-demon, |
| obverse 24' | either with his sword or a robbery has killed him |
| reverse 17' | Beloved of the great gods of ama and Adad, gave him wide understanding, and |
| obverse 5' | his father-in-law to his eunuch |
| obverse 26' | son of E3 not born |
| obverse 13' | ... in the extispicy which stands in front of Nisannu, his lord. |
| obverse 3' | (If) so-and-so, son of so-and-so, your servant: |
| obverse 9' | Will he who can see, see it? |
| obverse 17' | ... with him, he says: 'Its heart is with him.' |
| reverse 16' | Tablet of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
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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