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CT 30, pl. 15-16, K 03841 (P365984)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 30, pl. 15-16, K 03841 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365984 |
| 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 6 | If the gall bladder is swollen: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 24' | The gall bladder is recessed from the right to the left of the gall bladder: the enemy will turn towards the enemy's land. |
| reverse 22 | If... a Weapon is located: there will be famine. |
| reverse 12 | There is a hole in the middle of the gall bladder. |
| obverse 3' | If... the head... and the king into the hands of the king. |
| obverse 22' | If the gall bladder is stricken and they are stricken: there will be floods in the land. |
| obverse 14' | If the gall bladder is surrounded by a karum-plant and is surrounded by a halo: attack of a prince. |
| obverse 21' | The lower part is elevated. The 'finger' is thick. |
| obverse 5' | ... emerges and to the palace... the 'finger' is present. |
| obverse 15' | If the gall bladder is surrounded by a hole: an eclipse. |
| obverse 20' | The middle of the 'finger' is 'loose.' |
| reverse 17 | If a Weapon-mark is located on the right of the gall bladder: Adad will devastate your army. |
| reverse 18 | There is a 'weapon'-mark in the left of the gall bladder like a 'weapon'-mark. |
| reverse 3 | If the Gall Bladder reaches the left of the Gall Bladder: the prince of the enemy will attack his city. |
| obverse 16' | If the gall bladder is surrounded by a 'well-being': an eclipse. |
| reverse 14 | There is a hole in the top of the gall bladder on the left of the gall bladder. |
| obverse 18' | The lower part of the gall bladder is 'loose.' |
| obverse 11' | If a barley is located in its middle: attack of a haruspex. |
| reverse 23 | ...... the harvest of the land will not prosper. |
| obverse 23' | If the gall bladder is surrounded by a halo and it is divided in the middle of it: flood and flood. |
| obverse 13' | If the Well-being is seized on the back of the gall bladder and the waters of the gall bladder are not smashed. |
| reverse 7 | The top of the gall bladder is 'loose.' The 'finger' is thick. |
| reverse 1 | The gall bladder is recessed from the left to the right of the gall bladder: the enemy will turn towards the prince. |
| reverse 25 | ...... is.... |
| obverse 9' | If a gall bladder is located on top of a man: the king of the land will widen his land. |
| reverse 10 | There are a 'foot'-mark in the left of the gall bladder. |
| obverse 8' | The... is present. The king's land will widen his understanding. |
| reverse 8 | He afflicts him with a scepter for the m. |
| obverse 10' | If in the top of the gall bladder there is a 'foot'-mark on the right side of the gall bladder, a 'foot'-mark and a 'foot'-mark is not crossed: the god ama will receive it. |
| obverse 19' | The top of the gall bladder is split. The 'barley' is absent. |
| reverse 19 | If... the head of the gall bladder is seized: cities will be seized. They will fall and come out. |
| obverse 7' | ... the harvest of the land will not prosper. |
| obverse 12' | The top of the gall bladder is split. |
| obverse 6' | ... the king will exercise a throne and his king will make the throne last long. |
| reverse 13 | If on the right of the gall bladder there is a hole in the middle of the gall bladder: attack of a haruspex. |
| reverse 9 | If on the right of the gall bladder there are holes: an eclipse of the house will take place. |
| reverse 15 | There is a hole in the middle of the gall bladder in the left of the gall bladder. |
| reverse 21 | ... he seized the gall bladder, who dwells in your presence; your words come out to the land. |
| obverse 4' | If... and its head... the evils(?) will kill him. |
| reverse 11 | There is a hole in the top of the gall bladder on the right of the gall bladder. |
| reverse 5 | If the gall bladder approaches the left of the gall bladder and is seen with a weapon: the prince of the enemy will attack his city. |
| reverse 20 | If... the middle of the gall bladder seized: there will be hostility in the land. |
| obverse 1' | If....... |
| obverse 2' | If...... his name is destroyed. |
| reverse 16 | There is a hole in the left of the gall bladder on the left of the gall bladder. |
| reverse 4 | If the gall bladder reaches the right and is seen with a weapon: the prince will reach its city. |
| obverse 17' | [If the 'well-being' of the gall] bladder is surrounded by a 'well-being'. |
| reverse 26 | ...... the land.... |
| reverse 24 | If... your troops will not reach its field. |
| reverse 2 | If the Gall Bladder reaches the right: the prince will reach its city. |
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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