CT 27, pl. 40, K 03697 + (P365884)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 27, pl. 40, K 03697 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P365884 |
| 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 30' | If an anomaly... the rear... |
| obverse 10' | If an anomaly is provided with a 'foot'-mark and its front.... |
| reverse 7' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 15' | If an anomaly is provided with a gazelle: the land will dwell in a peaceful abode. The prince's house.... |
| reverse 2' | If an anomaly - its tongue....... |
| obverse 29' | If an anomaly... |
| obverse 2' | If an anomaly's nose is located on its forehead and its nahiru-disease is covered in a ptiya-disease: the land will experience a famine; its foundations will expand :.... |
| obverse 5' | If an anomaly's nose is located on its neck: the king will die. |
| obverse 1' | If an anomaly's nose is located on its forehead: the king....... |
| obverse 24' | If an anomaly - its tail is 2... |
| obverse 25' | If an anomaly - its tail is 2... |
| obverse 23' | If an anomaly - its head.... |
| obverse 21' | If an anomaly is provided with a single... and....... |
| reverse 1' | If an anomaly.... |
| obverse 18' | ... its mouth is 2, its feet are 4... its feet... towards its mouth: the prince's exalted radiance will be diminished. |
| obverse 11' | If an anomaly is provided with an eagle's nose: a god will eat it. |
| obverse 16' | If an anomaly does not have a nose-rope and its tail...: the flood and rains.... |
| reverse 6' | The 12th tablet. |
| reverse 3' | If an anomaly - its tongue is 3: the prince will conquer the land, his right and left.... |
| obverse 14' | If an anomaly is provided with a pigeon's nose and its lives... |
| obverse 4' | If an anomaly's nose is located on its left...: the enemy will devastate. |
| reverse 4' | If an anomaly - its tongue is 4 (and) its tail is 2 (and) its feet are 8.... |
| obverse 17' | If an anomaly is provided with a 'foot'-mark and a 'weapon'-mark: he will not acquire a rival. |
| obverse 31' | If an anomaly... to its right.... |
| obverse 22' | If an anomaly has no nru: the land will become weak.... |
| obverse 8' | If an anomaly's left horn is bent over its horn: the prince will eat his land. |
| obverse 20' | (If) there is a mole on the left side of the halo,... the land will experience famine and famine. |
| obverse 28' | If an anomaly is provided with a 'foot'-mark: the land.... |
| obverse 6' | If an anomaly - its nose... on its left...... the king will die. |
| reverse 5' | If an anomaly is provided with a lion's head: the prince will seize the throne. |
| obverse 19' | If an anomaly - its right horn is not large...: the land will experience famine and famine. |
| obverse 3' | If an anomaly's nose is located on its right...: the prince's land will change. |
| obverse 32' | If an anomaly... to its left.... |
| obverse 13' | If an anomaly is provided with a pigeon's nose and its front... |
| obverse 26' | If an anomaly - its tail is 4... |
| obverse 27' | If an anomaly - its tail is 4... |
| obverse 7' | If an anomaly - its left horn is bent on its neck... |
| obverse 12' | If an anomaly is provided with a pigeon's breast: your own flesh |
| obverse 9' | If an anomaly is provided with a swollen intestines:... the people will be small. |
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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