AfO Beih 27, pl. 25 BM 030424 (P421793)

Divination tablet dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030424

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Divination (Physiognomic omens)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
  beginning missing
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [...] _mesz_ ina [...]
3'. [...] _suhusz-mesz_-sza2 [...]
4'. [...] _gar#_ ga-me-[...]
5'. [...] _gar_ [...]
6'. [... 1(u)] 5(disz) gar im dingir_ [...]
7'. [... 2(gesz2)] 3(u) gar sig5_ [...]
8'. [...] _gar dingir_-sza2 [...]
9'. [...] _du14#_ [...]
10'. [...]-sa? [...]
reverse
  beginning missing
1'. [...] _szu#-si-mesz gir3-min_ [1(u) 5(disz) ...]
2'. [...] _szu-si-mesz gir3-min_ 2(gesz2) 3(u) [...]
3'. [...] _ki#-ta murgu gir3-min 1(u) 5(disz) gar suhusz-mesz_-sza2# [...]
4'. [...] lu# 2(gesz2) 3(u)-sza2 _gar_ me-si-ra [...]
  single ruling
5'. [...] _mesz# sa5-mesz du3 su-mesz_-sza2 _diri-mesz munus-bi_ [...]
6'. [...] _mesz# ge6#-mesz du3 su-mesz_-sza2 _diri?-mesz u4-mesz#_ [...]
7'. [...] _babbar#-mesz du3 su-mesz_-sza2 _diri!-mesz u4_ [...]
  single ruling
8'. [... sag-ki dingir hul2-la_ a x [...]
9'. [...] _mu szid-bi-im_ alam-dim#-[x ...]
10'. [...] x ku _gim sumun_-szu2 _sar_-ma [...]
11'. [...] x-har sza2 _gisz_ u i-x [...]
12'. [...] u2 _hal_ ru-u2 x [...]
13'. [...] x x da x x [...]

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Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: AfO Beih 27, 25 BM 030424

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

  • history: TBP, 48

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 030424
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0147 + 1876-11-17, 2624

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-10 at 13:14:05 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-22 at 10:11:20 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-06 at 10:00:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:22:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2016-12-20 at 14:17:01 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-12-20 at 14:15:55 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI approved View
2011-06-29 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Stadhouders, Henry The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“AfO Beih 27, Pl. 25 BM 030424 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 10, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P421793.
AfO Beih 27, pl. 25 BM 030424 artifact entry (No. P421793). (2025, May 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P421793 (Original work published 2011)
AfO Beih 27, pl. 25 BM 030424 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P421793 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P421793},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P421793},
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