In Omens
Unusual human births (Šumma izbu)
Neo-Assyrian teratological omens from abnormal births, including twins.
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| Designation | K.3688 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | K.3688 |
| Collection | Kuyunjik |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological |
| Provenience | Nineveh |
| Findspot | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
| CDLI no. | P365859 |
| Source | electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich — MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified |
| Lines | 130 (130 with machine English) |
Machine draft. English generated by model atf-en-best-v2 (montycrypto/atf-to-english) (version d871547f92875415dbbc7f4a37fd65e35f8ac97d) on 2026-10-05, line by line from the ATF. Not a scholarly translation.
The transliteration is not reproduced here because the source (electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich) is not marked as republishable; read it at the source link above.
| Line | English (machine draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse | |
| 1' | If a woman... a donkey.... |
| 2' | If a woman... a ram.... |
| 3' | If a woman... |
| 4' | If a woman.... |
| 5' | If a woman... |
| 6' | If a woman... |
| 7' | If a woman... |
| 8' | If a woman... |
| 9' | If a woman... |
| 10' | If a woman gives birth to a fish.... |
| 11' | If a woman... a bird.... |
| 12' | If a woman is surrounded by a god:.... |
| 13' | If a woman, a god whose skin does not have... |
| 14' | If a woman gives birth to a finger... |
| 15' | If a woman gives birth to an ox |
| 16' | If a woman gives birth to a prostitute.... |
| 17' | If an anomaly - the flesh of the lungs....... |
| 18' | If a woman gives birth to Apiala... |
| 19' | If a woman gives birth to a rib |
| 20' | If a sow gives birth to 2 or 3 times.... |
| 21' | If the coils of the colon... |
| 22' | If a woman gives birth to 2 or 3 bricks: the city.... |
| 23' | If a woman gives birth to a eltu-disease... |
| 24' | If a woman gives birth to a head: the land... |
| 25' | If a woman gives birth to a hand: the king... |
| 26' | If a woman gives birth to a stroke: the king's land will be scattered.... |
| 27' | If a woman's feet are swollen: a man's body. |
| 28' | ... gives birth to... that woman... |
| 29' | If a woman gives birth to 1 finger: the reign will be long. |
| 30' | If a woman gives birth to 2 fingers: that man will become poor.... |
| 31' | If a woman gives birth to a horn: a reign of....... |
| 32' | If a woman gives birth to a man's house.... |
| 33' | If a woman gives birth to a dream: the house... |
| 34' | If a woman... |
| 35' | If a woman gives birth to... |
| 36' | If a woman gives birth to a woman and it is provided with her belly... |
| 37' | If a woman gives birth to a wind.... |
| 38' | If a woman... a wind and gives birth to a wind: evil.... |
| 39' | (If) my brother is not there: that land will be destroyed.... |
| 40' | If a woman gives birth to a slave: a god will eat a man.... |
| 41' | If a woman gives birth to a man: attack of a man's house. |
| 42' | If a woman gives birth to a woman: a man's house... for the rites and rites... |
| 43' | If a woman gives birth to a scribal art: the man's house. |
| 44' | If a woman gives birth to a woman: a copy of the tablet. |
| 45' | If a woman gives birth to a man: the man's house will be built. |
| 46' | If a woman gives birth to a kuta-plant: the man's house will be scattered. |
| 47' | If a woman gives birth to a man: a favorable word will be given to the land. |
| 48' | If a woman gives birth to a woman: the house will go before him. |
| 49' | If an anomaly gives birth to a woman: the land will be destroyed. |
| 50' | If a woman gives birth to the lower part of the heart: that city will increase. |
| 51' | If a woman gives birth to a kubbulam-mark: the land will be destroyed. |
| 52' | If a woman gives birth to a 'weapon'-mark: that house will go into its presence. |
| 53' | If a woman gives birth to a ulamu-snake: that house will be abandoned in the wall. |
| 54' | If a woman gives birth to a ulam-mark: its father will die and his sons will not succeed. |
| 55' | If a woman gives birth to a prostitute: the owner of the house will not acquire a claim. |
| 56' | If a woman gives birth to a bull colossi: the wife will die. |
| 57' | If a woman gives birth to a city: ulpa'e will... the house. |
| 58' | If a woman gives birth to a male or a female: that woman.... |
| 59' | If a woman gives birth to her: the king.... |
| 60' | If a woman gives birth to a lion: the king.... |
| 61' | If a woman gives birth to a stag: the house.... |
| 62' | If a woman gives birth and gives birth to a house.... |
| 63' | If a woman gives birth to a finger.... |
| reverse | |
| 1' | If a woman gives birth to a good woman... |
| 2' | If a woman gives birth to a man's death: the house... |
| 3' | If a woman gives birth to a rabitu: the gods will... the lands. |
| 4' | If a woman gives birth to uwawa: the king and the son... |
| 5' | If a woman gives birth to a turtle: crime in... |
| 6' | If a woman gives birth to a 'cavity': the throne... |
| 7' | If a woman gives birth to a tigrillu whose length is 1/2 cubit: that city will be destroyed. |
| 8' | If a woman gives birth and it has 1/2 cubit, it is surrounded by a famine. |
| 9' | (If) he goes out and his flesh emerges: defeat of his name. |
| 10' | (If) there is a severe famine in the land and a god eats a flint: a flint will destroy the house. |
| 11' | If a woman gives birth to 2 males: there will be a severe illness in the land and the land will experience sorrow. |
| 12' | If a woman gives birth to two males and their hearts are 1: the wife and wife will not be favourable. The man's house.... |
| 13' | If a woman gives birth to 2 males: that house will be destroyed. |
| 14' | If a woman gives birth to 2 (children) and 1 male: 1 woman; there will be no rent in the land. |
| 15' | If a woman gives birth to 2 (children) and like a bull: the son of ama will seize the king's army. |
| 16' | If a woman gives birth to 2 (children) and it is provided with a 'foot'-mark on their necks and their face is split: a flood will take place. |
| 17' | The land of his gods is surrounded by kings and his sons. |
| 18' | If a woman gives birth to 2 (children) and it does not have a nose and feet: the king's land will go into ruins. |
| 19' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and gives birth: that land will be destroyed. |
| 20' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and they are seized by their life: the land will rule it. |
| 21' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and it is covered in their body and on the right of his right hand that is not present. |
| 22' | (If) a enemy strikes me with a weapon and a small land will be destroyed, he will kill my troops. |
| 23' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and ditto and that of the left hand of his left hand that is not present: the enemy will kill him with a weapon and he will die. |
| 24' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and ditto and that of their right hands are not present: attack of a hostile land. |
| 25' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and ditto and that of the left side of the 'finger' ditto: the prince will stand above his (personal) lord. |
| 26' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and ditto and that of the right 'foot' is not present. |
| 27' | The rejoicing of my land will change and the land will be destroyed. |
| 28' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and ditto and that of the left 'path' of the left 'path' is not present: the land will become happy. |
| 29' | If a woman gives birth to an m. and ditto and its right feet are not present: the land will fall into ruins and will go to ruin mounds. |
| 30' | If a woman gives birth to and ditto and whose left feet are not covered in the land.... |
| 31' | ... gives birth to...: that house will go to its... |
| 32' | ... gives birth to...: the land of the prince will expand; the governor will seize him. |
| 33' | ... gives birth and their hearts are one woman and a wife. |
| 34' | ... their supplications are given. |
| 35' | If a woman gives birth to 3 males: the land will be seized and evil will come into view. |
| 36' | If a woman gives birth to 3 males and it is provided with life: that land will be abandoned and evil will be seen. |
| 37' | If a woman gives birth to 3 males and the blood of that land will expand. |
| 38' | ... their... will fall, and that land will be abandoned. |
| 39' | ... woman of the gods,..., will fall upon the land. |
| 40' | ... there will be famine and the people will give their hands to silver. |
| 41' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) and 2 women: one male will die. |
| 42' | The land of the king is well. |
| 43' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) and their teeth are not there: the land will eat food. |
| 44' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) and their heads are not large: kings will conquer all lands. |
| 45' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) and they go to them: a enemy will attack, and the enemy will defeat him. |
| 46' | If a woman gives birth to a man: the owner of the house will die. |
| 47' | If a woman gives birth to 3 woman(s), that land will widen. |
| 48' | If a woman gives birth to 3 woman(s), and their heart is 1: the land will dwell in peaceful residences. |
| 49' | If a woman gives birth to 4 males: there will be famine in the land. |
| 50' | If a woman gives birth to 4 males and it is provided with life for the enemy's city: attack of a ghost. |
| 51' | If a woman gives birth to 4 males and it is swollen: the enemy will fall in the city and will not seize the enemy's land. |
| 52' | If a woman gives birth to 4 (children), and two males and two females thunder: the enemy's land will seize the house. |
| 53' | If a woman either a 2 or 3 or 4 (minas of) wool has spread out the land. |
| 54' | If a woman gives birth to 4 woman(s), and the life of the land will be strong. |
| 55' | If a woman gives birth to 4 women and the blood of the land will be good. |
| 56' | If a woman gives birth to 4 or 5 males: the land will be scattered. |
| 57' | If a woman gives birth to 4 or 5 women: the land will expand. |
| 58' | If a woman gives birth to 5 (children) and 3 males and 2 females: that land will be destroyed. |
| 59' | If a woman gives birth to 5 (children) and 3 woman(s) are 2: that land will be destroyed. |
| 60' | If a woman gives birth to 5 or 6 males: that land will be scattered. |
| 61' | If a woman gives birth to 5 or 6 women: that land will expand. |
| 62' | If a woman gives birth to 6 (children): that land will widen. The general... her hand will conquer. |
| 63' | If a woman gives birth to 7 (children): the king will die; the enemy's land.... |
| 64' | If a woman gives birth to 7 or 8 (children): the king. |
| 65' | If a woman gives birth and the head of a lion is located: the strong king will prevail in the land. |
| 66' | Month IX, the 1st of which followed the 30th of the preceding month. |
| 67' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |