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CT 39, pl. 12, K 02011 + (P366113)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 39, pl. 12, K 02011 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P366113 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu |
| 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 8 | If ditto he sees a date palm: that place will be. |
| reverse 37 | It is a scribal art. |
| obverse 4' | If a man sees a... in the street of the city, he will experience a... flood(?) |
| reverse 24 | If in the centre of the city a forest is seen: the king of the land will approach the land. |
| reverse 13 | If dium-plant is seen in the centre of the city: that city. |
| reverse 20 | If a bird is seen in the halo of the city: the king will die and the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 3' | If in the centre of the city and the seed(?)....... |
| reverse 6 | If ditto he sees a cedar tree: that place will be destroyed. |
| reverse 3 | If he sees a kukku-prayer with musukkannu-wood: that place will be lord. |
| reverse 25 | If a tree is seen in the centre of the city: your cult center will be full of famine. |
| reverse 27 | If he sees a ghost in the centre of the city: that land will experience rejoicing. |
| reverse 35 | If in Nisannu (I) a flood takes place and the river like a flood is scattered in the land. |
| reverse 34 | If in the middle of the city a date palm becomes visible: that city will prosper. |
| reverse 36 | [Tablet: x] 4/6/8?... of a city is located on the street. |
| reverse 16 | If in the middle of the city a pond is seen: that city will be plundered. |
| obverse 1' | If in the centre of the city a solar disk....... |
| reverse 7 | If ditto he sees a censer: that place will be completely destroyed. |
| reverse 19 | If it is seen in the centre of the city: the gods will have mercy on the land. |
| obverse 2' | (If) he sees a... in the centre of the city: that man will become lord. |
| reverse 30 | If in the middle of the city he sees a censer: that city will be killed. |
| reverse 9 | If ditto (means) : a supallu-tree (and) tamarisk is seen with it. |
| reverse 38 | Tablet(?) of Nabû-zuqup-ukin, son of Marduk-umu-iqia, the scribe. |
| reverse 26 | If he sees a snare in the centre of the city: the king will become strong. |
| reverse 2 | (If) he sees a kukku-prayer with a turban: that place will be abandoned and he will not return. |
| reverse 10 | If ditto (means): he sees a reed mat and a reed mat. |
| reverse 15 | If he sees a itarru-plant in the middle of the city: that city will be good. |
| reverse 18 | (If) he sees a uppatu-plant in the centre of the city: that city will be destroyed. |
| reverse 22 | If a cloudburst appears in the centre of the city: that land will be good. |
| reverse 17 | If a man sees a...-plant in the centre of the city: that city will be good. |
| reverse 28 | If in the street of the city a lion's face is seen: the king will conquer and... : the king will conquer him. |
| reverse 1 | (If) he sees a kukku-mark: the ground is covered with a reed fence. |
| reverse 11 | If ditto (and) he sees a chariot: that place |
| reverse 33 | If in the middle of the city a censer becomes visible: that city will conquer. |
| reverse 14 | If he sees a swollen elpatu-plant in the centre of the city |
| reverse 4 | If ditto he sees a lion's tree: that place will devour his enemy. |
| reverse 21 | If a cloudburst appears in the centre of the city: that land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 32 | If he sees a man in the centre of the city: that city will be destroyed. |
| reverse 23 | If in the middle of a city he sees a snare: that city will see Anata. |
| reverse 29 | If a man sees a boat in the street of the city: that city will be abandoned. |
| reverse 5 | If ditto a tree is seen with it |
| reverse 31 | If a dog is seen in the centre of the city: that city will not be stable. |
| reverse 39 | Abbi-ilni, chief scribe |
| reverse 12 | If a kutu-plant is seen in the centre of the city: that 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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