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DT 073 (P433499)
Omens, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | DT 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P433499 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Omens |
| 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 col 1' 4' | who did not have |
| obverse col 2' 10' | ... the me |
| obverse col 2' 25' | The king... |
| obverse col 1' 21' | ... may it not be known. |
| obverse col 1' 3' | ... there is... they are their emblem. |
| reverse 25' | The one who reveres Marduk, the one who carries out the rites(?) |
| reverse 24' | ... your... is exalted... |
| reverse 19' | ... his weeping, the lamentation singer, the lamentation singer, the great lamentation singer |
| reverse 11' | The... of heaven and earth did not... the reedbed. |
| reverse 22' | ......... their... like stars, rain and nape... |
| obverse col 2' 6' | Who... |
| reverse 23' | ...... not... |
| obverse col 1' 25' | ............. |
| reverse 14' | ... you strew... your people and your head are stricken... |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 6' | ... their first-fruits offerings as kings established... |
| obverse col 2' 8' | ... |
| obverse col 1' 22' | did not cast down |
| reverse 12' | ... day after day,... its... like ama |
| obverse col 1' 17' | ... lord of the gods |
| obverse col 1' 9' | ... his... he will give birth. |
| reverse 29' | x x x |
| obverse col 2' 14' | The... man |
| obverse col 1' 10' | decision |
| obverse col 1' 2' | they built. |
| obverse col 1' 7' | ... that one. |
| obverse col 2' 23' | The king |
| obverse col 1' 11' | ..... are bright. |
| reverse 30' | ......... |
| obverse col 1' 19' | ...-Sîn |
| obverse col 1' 23' | ... are distant. |
| reverse 17' | ... at the border of(?) the temple of the siskur prayer/ritual of his city... is not to be changed |
| reverse 21' | ... kdinnu, the citizens of Babylon, of their ubarru... |
| reverse 4' | ....................... |
| obverse col 1' 13' | ... peace |
| reverse 2' | ... Marduk like the earth... |
| obverse col 1' 16' | they are unceasing(?) |
| reverse 8' | ... he made them dwell in the earth and he... a gilmishtu-demon. |
| reverse 32' | ... their... |
| obverse col 2' 3' | For...... |
| reverse 28' | ...... his life... |
| obverse col 1' 12' | ...... |
| obverse col 1' 18' | ...... |
| reverse 5' | ... does not make a decision,... weeping. |
| obverse col 2' 11' | ... fate |
| obverse col 1' 5' | ... there is... |
| reverse 20' | ... weeps |
| reverse 18' | ...... is performed before him; evil will be placed in the temple; sacrifice of the temple... |
| reverse 31' | ... not |
| obverse col 2' 13' | The king to... |
| obverse col 1' 14' | they were |
| obverse col 1' 6' | they were |
| obverse col 2' 17' | or... |
| obverse col 2' 18' | or... |
| obverse col 2' 19' | or... |
| obverse col 2' 20' | or... |
| obverse col 2' 24' | or... |
| reverse 10' | ... he will become ill for a flood or a flood. |
| obverse col 2' 5' | The 12th, the god... |
| obverse col 1' 26' | which is not good |
| obverse col 2' 21' | or... |
| reverse 13' | whose fearsomeness is unrivaled, whose limbs are unrivaled, the land |
| obverse col 2' 22' | Nobody(?) |
| obverse col 1' 27' | ......... |
| obverse col 2' 12' | In the lap of |
| obverse col 2' 7' | The chief elder |
| obverse col 1' 20' | to make perfect |
| obverse col 1' 1' | ...... |
| reverse 3' | ... who has no rival, who does not..., |
| reverse 7' | ... does not alter(?)...,... does not... |
| obverse col 2' 26' | The man |
| obverse col 1' 15' | ...... the land |
| obverse col 1' 24' | ... did not |
| obverse col 1' 8' | ... lord |
| reverse 15' | .................. |
| reverse 26' | ... sweet sweet emmer...... |
| reverse 9' | The kurra demons are not smitten(?), the rituals are not smitten(?), the rituals are not smitten(?) |
| obverse col 2' 15' | Bala(?) |
| obverse col 2' 16' | ...... |
| obverse col 2' 4' | 12 (times)... |
| reverse 27' | ... battle and battle, unceasing... |
| obverse col 2' 9' | ... |
| obverse col 2' 2' | The one who |
| reverse 16' | ................ their hearts... |
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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