Divination tablet excavated in Harradum (mod. Khirbet ed-Diniye), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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obverse
1’. [...] mu#-tu# i#-na# _[e2 lu2_ i-ba-asz-szi]
en: . . . there is death in a man's house.
2’. _BE gir2-tab_ i-na _e2_-ti _lu2_ i-ta#-ak-ki-pu# mu#-[tu i-na _e2 lu2_ i-ba-asz-szi]
en: If scorpions butt each other in a man's house, there will be death in the man's house.
3’. _BE gir2-tab zag lu2_ im-ha-as, _lu2_ szu i-na-az-[zi-iq]
en: If a scorpion strikes a man on the right side, that man will grumble.
4’. _BE gir2-tab gub3 lu2_ im-ha-as, _lu2_ szu ki-szi-it-ti [qa-ti i-ra-asz-szi]
en: If a scorpion strikes a man on the left side, that man will have a victorious conquest.
5’. _BE musz_ a-na mu-uh-hi _lu2_ im-qu2-ut _lu2_ szu-u2 dan-na-tam [im-ma]-ar#
en: If a snake falls on a man's head, that man will experience difficulty.
6’. _BE musz_ i-na _e2 lu2_ i-na gu-szu-ri a-na bi-ri-it
en: If a snake, from a rafter in a man's house, in between
7’. 2(disz) _lu2_ u3-lu 2(disz) at-hi im-qu2-ut
en: two men or two companions falls,
8’. 1(disz) i-na bi-ri-szu-nu _ba-ug7_
en: one of them will die.
9’. _BE 2(disz) musz_ i-na bi-it _lu2_ ik-ta-ap-pi2-lu
en: If two snakes entwine with each other in a man's house
10’. _e2_-tu szu-u2 i-sa3-ap-pa-ah
en: this house will be scattered.
11’. _BE_ pe2-ru-ru-tu i-na _e2 lu2 <igi>_ szi-ik-ku-tum
en: If a mouse, in the house of a man, by a mongoose
12’. i-na-bi-it a-na ba-bi usz-te-s,i2 _ku4-ra ba-ug7_
en: was put to flight (and) driven to the door, the person who entered will die.
13’. s,e2-tum i-na _e2_-it _lu2_ i-ba-asz-szi
en: there will be a fever in the house of the man.
14’. _BE_ pe2-ru-ru-tum i-na _e2_-ti _lu2_ i-na i-sza-ti-nu-ri
en: If a mouse, in the house of a man, from an oil lamp
15’. bu-s,i2-na-am i-il-qi2-ma
en: took the wick and
reverse
1. a-na hu-ri usz-te-ri-ib#
en: brought it into its hole:
2. mu-tum i-na _e2 lu2_ ib-ba-asz-szi
en: death will appear in the man's house.
3. _BE ab2-gu4-hi-a_ a-na _e2 lu2_ i-ru-ub
en: If a herd of cattle go into a man's house:
4. mu-tum i-na _e2 lu2_ i-ba-asz-szi
en: There will be death in the man's house.
5. _BE_ as3-ku-up-pa-ta _e2_-ti _lu2_ sza-at-ta-ak-ku pe2-ti
en: If a fissure opens in the threshold of a man's house:
6. mu-tum i-na _e2 lu2_ sza-tu i-ba-asz-szi
en: there will be death in the house of that man.
7. _BE_ i-na _ka2 e2_-ti _lu2_ sza-at-ta-ku pe2-ti
en: If a fissure opens in the door of man's house:
8. mu-tum i-na _e2 lu2_ i-ba-asz-szi
en: there will be death in the man's house.
9. _BE e2 lu2_ ha-ar-bu-tam i-la-ak
en: If not, the man's house will become a waste land.
10. _BE mul_ a-na _e2 lu2_ im-ta#-qu2-ut mu-tum i-na _e2 lu2_ i-ba-asz-szi
en: If a star falls on a man's house: there will be death in the man's house.
11. _BE_ a-tu-ut-tum i-na ba-bi ka-wi
en: If a spider from the outer door
12. isz-tu re-esz ba-bi isz!-tam u3# [x x x]
en: from the top of the door, . . . and
13. i-na ba-bi sza-tu isz#?-sza#? [...]
en: spun from the door . . .
left
1. [... it]-ti#?-szu i-la-ka _lu2_ x i-mar#?
en: If . . . goes with him, the man will experience . . .