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CT 28, pl. 38, K 03143 (P365933)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 28, pl. 38, K 03143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365933 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 1' | ... speak(?) |
| obverse 21' | ....... and a woman will die. |
| reverse 15' | (If) he does not have a scribal art, he will recover as he deems best. |
| obverse 8' | ... who dwells in a city, they become frightened and fall from the wall to the king. |
| obverse 18' | If the middle of the 'finger' is split in the middle of the 'finger':. |
| reverse 9' | If ditto a 'foot'-mark is located on the top of the gall bladder and it faces the right and left. |
| obverse 3' | If the 'well-being' is present in the 'increment' and it becomes stationary on the right.... |
| obverse 5' | If the 'increment'... is good: the god will come out to the army. |
| obverse 13' | If in the top of the 'increment' there is a 'foot'-mark: the lord of the sacrificial sheep(?) will be killed in the top of the 'finger.' Adad will devastate |
| reverse 12' | If the gall bladder is thick: there will be a strong flood(?), his... will.... |
| obverse 15' | The 'increment' is 'bound.' The 'increment' is 'loose.' |
| obverse 2' | If a sow gives birth to a goat from right to left....... |
| obverse 12' | You recite the incantation 'If ditto it is like a ili'-plant and you wipe it out. |
| obverse 19' | If on the right of the 'increment' there is a 'foot'-mark: there will be 'famine' in the land. : |
| obverse 20' | If in the middle of............................... |
| reverse 7' | If the right and left of the gall bladder are split: the king's servants will die. |
| reverse 8' | he smote, he smote the sheep, |
| reverse 2' | If the gall bladder is surrounded by a liar: the harvest of the land will not prosper. |
| obverse 14' | If ditto the top of the 'finger' is split:. |
| obverse 17' | You recite the incantation 'If ditto a mole is located on the left side of the gall bladder.' |
| reverse 5' | If the gall bladder is like an imgurru-plant and its waters are dark: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 11' | If the one-fourth (has) a 'foot'-bone: it is red: night... |
| reverse 10' | (If) they are small: they will give their water. |
| reverse 16' | ...... |
| reverse 13' | If........ there will be famine. |
| obverse 4' | If the 'increment' is present and the 'increment'... |
| obverse 1' | ......... |
| obverse 9' | If... and the 'increment' is split: in the middle of my 'finger' there is a slight 'well-being': the enemy will take it away. |
| obverse 7' | If the upper part of the 'increment' is elevated from its base, the owner of the 'increment' will die. |
| obverse 22' | ... an eclipse of fires. |
| reverse 11' | If the middle of the 'finger' of the lung is 3 in number and its water is torn out: there will be reconciliation and peace in the land. |
| reverse 3' | If the gall bladder is like a lullaby and its water does not come out: the enemy will attack in battle. |
| reverse 6' | The imgurru-plant, the imgurru-plant, the urindu-plant, like a pisillu-plant, the tablet is like a libation. |
| reverse 17' | ...-zapilâ |
| obverse 16' | If ditto a 'weapon'-mark is located on the top of the 'increment': the brother of the man will die. |
| reverse 18' | ... sat down(?) |
| obverse 6' | If ditto, the 'increment' is elevated from the left to the right. |
| reverse 14' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: Gilgamesh, the mighty king. |
| obverse 10' | If ditto a 'weapon'-mark is located on the base of the 'increment.' : |
| reverse 4' | Illu-ur-gidilu, the father, in the night, speaks: |
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- 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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