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CT 30, pl. 27, K 05876 (P365995)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 30, pl. 27, K 05876 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365995 |
| 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 5 | If he sees a sheep: his eyes will be swollen, he will die. |
| obverse 17 | If a sheep gives birth to a horn and its horn is dark: the land will become happy. |
| obverse 2 | If a sheep gives birth to ditto, it is long: speaking of ditto. |
| obverse 15 | If a sheep is located on the site of the Gall bladder and its horns are long. |
| obverse 19 | ... daily for offering |
| obverse 4 | If a sheep is surrounded by a halo: its middle is below. |
| obverse 20 | ... your... you enter. |
| obverse 22 | If ditto the 'path' on its left 'path' is broken: attack of a hostile enemy. |
| obverse 21 | If a sheep.... |
| obverse 7 | If a sheep is located on the back of a dog: he will recover. |
| obverse 16 | If a sheep is provided with a horn and a white horn: it is surrounded by a fog. |
| obverse 10 | If a sheep is located on the right side of the throne and its feet are long: he will become long. |
| obverse 9 | If a sheep is located on the site of the kurkurru-vessel: there will be a hole in the middle of the gall bladder and the 'finger.' |
| obverse 3 | If a sheep is red and its eyes are red. |
| obverse 14 | If a sheep is located on the top of the gall bladder and its eyes are yellow: 2 fingers. |
| obverse 13 | If a sheep is surrounded by a lion and its eyes are dark: kingship. |
| obverse 8 | If a sheep is located on the right side of the 'increment': his 'increment' will not become visible. |
| obverse 1 | If a sheep gives birth to a 'weapon'-mark, 'weapon'-mark and 'weapon'-mark are present. |
| obverse 18 | If a sheep... its face is long.... |
| obverse 12 | If a sheep is surrounded by a lion and its tails are two: he will recover. |
| obverse 6 | If a sheep is surrounded by a rabid halo: its horns will become small. |
| obverse 11 | If a sheep is located on the right side of the gall bladder: his feet will be long and his tail will be long. |
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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