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CT 27, pl. 20, K 08266 (P365870)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 27, pl. 20, K 08266 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365870 |
| 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 |
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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 20' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its horn is 1 and it is located on its left, and it does not have a tail: the enemy will come out from the land. |
| obverse 15' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its right horn.... |
| obverse 12' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with horns and a horn: a strong attack. |
| reverse 2' | If a ewe... |
| obverse 10' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with horns and three times in its left horn: attack of a prince. |
| obverse 17' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its horns are 2 in its right: the prince's land will recover. |
| obverse 5' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it has a bump in its left: |
| reverse 5' | If a ewe.... |
| obverse 8' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and the horns of the flesh are present: the prince will not acquire an opponent. |
| obverse 6' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with a bump on its neck: the prince will seize the king's hand. |
| obverse 18' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its horns are 2 in its left: your city will be destroyed. |
| obverse 7' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with a tail: the king will rule the scribal art. |
| obverse 13' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its right horn is not present: the prince's army will not acquire a rival. |
| obverse 11' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with horns and its right horn is long: the prince will have no rival. |
| obverse 4' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with a bump on its right: attack of evil. |
| reverse 6' | If a ewe becomes visible.... |
| obverse 3' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with a lion's head: its attack will take place. |
| obverse 14' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its left horn is not large: the army of the enemy will have no opponent. |
| reverse 3' | If a ewe....... |
| reverse 4' | If a ewe....... |
| obverse 9' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with horns and it is provided with a 'third man' on the right: the prince's land will not reach it. |
| obverse 19' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its horn is 1 and it is located on its right and it has a bump: the prince will destroy the enemy's land. |
| reverse 1' | If a ewe.... |
| reverse 7' | If a ewe.... |
| reverse 8' | If a ewe.... |
| obverse 16' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its left horn is not.... |
| obverse 2' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its necks are 2: the land will acquire another lord and will go after the lord of strength. |
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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