AfO Beih 27, pl. 31 (P395246)

Tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

-

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _be me-dim2 te tuku_-ma ina _du11-du11#_ [...]
2. _be_ szap-as-su _an-ta ki-ta_ s,ep#-[x ...]
3. _be babbar igi-min_-szu _sa5_ ul4-luh [...]
4. _be gi babbar igi-mesz_-sza2 _sa5_ ul4-luh [...]
5. _be gi gu2_ ku ra pa sza _szub-szub szu-bi-asz-am3_
6. _be ad-sza4 pesz_ [...]
7. _be_ i-ne-szu2 hi a kal _zalag2_ dum-LUM [...]
8. _be u-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 _tur-mesz nim-mesz ugu#_ [...]
9. _be u-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 _tur-mesz_ szag-ga-ma na-par2-[x ...]
10. _be u-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 _tur-mesz_ szu-us-hu-ra-ma ki-is,-ra _gar_-na
11. al-ma-nu-[x ...]
12. _be u-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 _uzu_ szu-tu2-ur5 [...]
13. _be u-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 sza2 _te gal_-ti ana _gal_-ti# [...]
14. _be ka-bun2-min_-szu2 ba-'-la# [...]
15. _be ka-bun2-min_-szu2 szum-mu-t,a-ma# [...]
16. ina _gisz#_ [...]
17. _be sag kir4_-szu2 par2#-[x ...]
reverse
1. _be a-ra2 du3 er2 szub-me ka-balag-bi_ [...]
2. _na bi nam-ad-sza4#_ [...]
3. _be_ in _ka_-szu2 _eme_-szu2 _kalag_-at2 si ku _lul#_ [...]
4. ina _gisz_ [...]
5. _be alam du3_ szi ru im _ka du3 kar nig2-tuku_ da-[x ...]
6. _a2-tuku lal_ [...]
7. [...] _kir4#_-szu2 i-za-qam-ma u i-szah-hi-it, [...]
8. [... x]-di-szu usz-ta-naq-[x ...]
  double ruling
9. [...] _nu#_ [...]
10. [... x]-ma ana x x
11. [...] _a man szu2 man kur an-szar2{ki}_ x [...]
12. i-hu-uz-zu _igi-min_ na-mir#-[tum ...]

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P395246

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number K 03812

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) K.3812
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P395246
British Museum Collection (BM) W_K-3812

References

  • primary: AfO Beih 27, pl. 31

    [Böck2000AfOBeih27] Böck, Barbara. 2000. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Morphoskopie. Archiv Für Orientforschung, Beiheft 27. Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien.

  • history: TBP, 69

    [Kraus1939TBP] Kraus, Fritz R. 1939. Texte Zur Babylonischen Physiognomatik. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft 3.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-09-10 at 15:45:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-11-21 at 18:58:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-06 at 10:00:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-10-01 at 14:11:12 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2016-12-18 at 13:37:09 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2016-12-18 at 13:36:10 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI Approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Michalowski, Piotr British Museum Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 31 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P395246.
AfO Beih 27, pl. 31 artifact entry (No. P395246). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P395246 (Original work published 2010)
AfO Beih 27, pl. 31 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P395246 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P395246},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 31 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P395246.
AfO Beih 27, pl. 31 artifact entry (No. P395246). (2025, September 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P395246 (Original work published 2010)
AfO Beih 27, pl. 31 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P395246 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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