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CT 51, 118 (P285980)
Divination, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CT 51, 118 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285980 |
| Museum no. | BM 034767 + BM 035961 + Sp 2, 0467 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| 16' | If a ewe gives birth to an ox and its tails are 2: Erra will have no rival. |
| 2' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion: there will be famine in the land; the king will make his land secure. |
| 4' | If a ewe gives birth to a pig: the reign of Ellil. |
| 7' | If a ewe gives birth to a halo: the prince will exercise kingship. |
| 20' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion that does not have a horn: the king's land will die. |
| 10' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion: the king's son will seize the throne's father. |
| 15' | If an ewe gives birth to an ox and it is provided with a horn: the prince's land will raise his enemy's land. |
| 23' | If a ewe gives birth to a horse: Adad will devastate. |
| 5' | (If) that animal stall is wide ditto: the king will die in the middle of his reign. |
| 17' | If a ewe gives birth to a ewe: the king will die and the king will become another. |
| 11' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion: the king's son will seize the throne's father. |
| 28' | If a ewe gives birth to a pig |
| 19' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with a famine in the land and it is not favourable for the ewe. |
| 18' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion that does not have a face: he will seize the throne. |
| 9' | If a ewe gives birth to a gazelle: the prince will have peace with the gods. |
| 8' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion: attack of Elam. |
| 30' | If a ewe gives birth to a pigeon |
| 3' | If a ewe gives birth to a dog: the king will overthrow his land. |
| 6' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion: the attack of the land will take the enemy's land; the land will be plundered and destroyed. |
| 1' | If a ewe gives birth to a dog: the prince will have mercy on the prince. |
| 22' | If a ewe gives birth to...: the lord of the prince's land will not acquire an opponent. |
| 14' | If a ewe gives birth to an ox: the prince's weapons will prevail over his enemy's weapons. |
| 21' | ... or |
| 25' | If a ewe gives birth to a horse: it will seize the kingship. |
| 24' | If a ewe gives birth to a donkey.... |
| 12' | If a ewe gives birth to a well-being: there will be famine in the land and it will not be a lord of throne. |
| 29' | If a ewe gives birth to a pig.... |
| 26' | If a ewe gives birth to a pig.... |
| 13' | If a ewe gives birth to a wild bull: there will be famine in the land. |
| 27' | If a ewe gives birth to a pig.... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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