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

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British Museum, London, UK

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BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

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Language(s)

Akkadian

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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 ...]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 03812

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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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

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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: March 19, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P395246},
	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: March 19, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P395246},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P395246},
}

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