CT 28, pl. 30, K 00849 (P336146)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 28, pl. 30, K 00849 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336146 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | If a cow gives birth to twins: destruct[ion of the land]; fighting; the enemy will attack the prince, and the house of its (the cow's) owner will be scattered. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | If a cow gives birth to three (young): the mind of the land [will change]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | If a mare gives birth to twins: [attack of the enemy]. |
| Obverse [5:13] o 66– | If a mare [gives birth] to a male and a female, and they have normal hair of the face, feet, [nose, and] hooves: these cattle [will increase]; the king will attack and [overthrow] the land of his enemy; he will plunder the land of his enemy; for its (the mare's) owner there will be worry. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | Maybe [...] in the same way. Let them ask again [......] for what he said [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | BE AB₂ 02 U₃.TU NIG₂.HA.LAM.[MA KUR] | |
| 2 | taš-nin-ti KUR₂ ana NUN ZI-[ma] | |
| 3 | E₂ EN-ša₂ BIR-[ah] | |
| 4 | BE AB₂ 03 U₃.TU UMUŠ KUR [MIN₃-ni] | |
| 5 | BE {mi₂}{anše}KUR.RA 02 U₃.TU [ZI-ib KUR₂] | |
| 6 | BE {mi₂}{anše}KUR.RA NITA u MI₂ [U₃.TU-ma] | |
| 7 | SIG₂ IGI-MEŠ GIR₃-MEŠ [KA u] | |
| 8 | UMBIN-MEŠ ka-a.[a-ma-an-tu₂ GAR-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | AB₂.GUD-HI.A BI [DAGAL] | |
| 2 | LUGAL ZI-ma KUR KUR₂-šu u₂-[šam-qat] | |
| 3 | NAM.RA KUR KUR₂-šu₂ GAR-[an] | |
| 4 | ana EN-šu₂ ni-ziq-[tum] | |
| 5 | is—su-ri ki-i an-ni-im-ma [x x x] | |
| 6 | lu-ša₂-an-ni-ʾu-u liš-u₂-lu [x x x] | |
| 7 | a-na ša₂ iq-bu-u₂-[ni x x] | |
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