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CT 39, pl. 14-21, K 00047 + (P366115)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 39, pl. 14-21, K 00047 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P366115 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 2 17 | ... in the middle of the river he smote... |
| col 2 19 | he constantly seeks out the life of the harvest of the land, and the land... |
| col 4 52 | he will return it to its place and return it to the future. |
| col 1 51 | If his son(?) is white and he/she is white(?) |
| col 4 54 | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria. |
| col 3 51 | If Kulili recites (this incantation) for clearing. |
| col 3 57 | The following: he should eat famine. |
| col 1 56 | ... tribute |
| col 3 24 | If white... he destroys the land. |
| col 4 45 | If there is a mole in the middle of the city: that city will diminish. |
| col 1 17 | The land will experience happiness. |
| col 2 9 | ... he will perform, and the land...... |
| col 1 47 | If a flood goes and its son... like a scribe |
| col 1 7 | If the river is yellow-green: that man will be yellow-green in the land. |
| col 1 14 | If the river is like a flood, ditto, like a flood, in the middle of the river |
| col 2 25 | the star of the field like a... wind blew; the river level receded. |
| col 3 66 | (If) a river gives birth to its light: this is the case. |
| col 2 32 | Ea... with the gods of the underworld. |
| col 2 1 | If the river reaches a favorable field and it rises on top of them, white water will be poured. |
| col 1 30 | If the river is surrounded by a river: there will be famine; the king of the land will seize him with him. |
| col 3 18 | If in Kislimu (Month IX) ditto Adad (means) in the land: he will... |
| col 1 50 | ... he goes in front of... |
| col 3 10 | Adad will devastate the land... |
| col 1 19 | If a river is like a cloudburst: there will be frost in the land. |
| col 2 22 | The courtyard of the river is surrounded by a river bank, ditto: the field... |
| col 1 36 | barley rations, rations, |
| col 4 21 | If he sees a man, he will do the work. The flood will stand.... |
| col 4 33 | If he is stricken in front of a leprous and he is stricken: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| col 1 44 | They strew bitter water upon them.... is not favourable. |
| col 3 16 | If in Taritu (Month VII) ditto: the harvest will prosper; the land will be seized. |
| col 4 2 | the flood of Ea in the wall was set |
| col 3 52 | If a cloudburst lies in front of the water like that of a fog: the land will come to the land. |
| col 3 64 | (If) the river... a river like a death, (and) the dead man's army will fall into Elam with a weapon. |
| col 3 33 | If there is a mole on the left side of the land |
| col 4 12 | (If) her head rises and the river level is favourable : he will go. |
| col 1 16 | If the river is like a white cloud and a fog: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| col 4 36 | If her speech is sung, the harvest will be lifted and.... |
| col 4 3 | If a river brings water and oil: the gods will rage. |
| col 1 23 | If in Ayyaru (II) a flood takes place and the watercourse of the field is not good for clearing them. |
| col 2 6 | You... their..., the... of the river, the... of stone... |
| col 3 27 | If (it is) yellow-green: eclipse of Ea, destruction of the land. |
| col 1 43 | If a flood goes and its water like a river....... |
| col 2 31 | he roars like a wild bull... |
| col 1 1 | If in Nisannu (Month I) a flood goes and the river like a flood.... |
| col 1 15 | If ditto he strews, he strews a mountain, he strews its base. |
| col 1 52 | On account of the water... |
| col 3 8 | If in Addaru (XII) ditto: the land will become happy. |
| col 4 1 | If a man's blood is covered like a tikmnu-plant: he will recover. |
| col 4 15 | There will be...s and...s. |
| col 3 60 | If a river is too small and it does not enter a field for rejoicing |
| col 2 29 | Ea... with the gods of heaven |
| col 3 46 | If a kiln is red: the enemy will fall. |
| col 1 11 | There will be a snake in the land. A man will be killed. |
| col 4 42 | If there is a mole in the midst of the city: there will be abundance. |
| col 1 37 | The river is surrounded by a river, it is a flood; there will be famine in the land; there will be famine in the land. |
| col 2 4 | They are frightened and they have become frightened. When the barley is piled up, Adad will devastate |
| col 3 55 | If I... like a pig, he is a pig, he is a pig and a pig: |
| col 1 6 | If the river is like a sahhu-disease: there will be famine in the land. |
| col 3 3 | If in Taritu (VII) ditto: there will be abundance in the land. |
| col 1 2 | If the river is like a sick person's...: there will be illness in the river. |
| col 3 45 | If Kulili is dark: the land will become happy. |
| col 2 10 | If he goes to the watercourse and... the river inside it like a river |
| col 3 22 | If in Addaru (XII) ditto: the land(?) will be scattered in abundance. |
| col 2 23 | ........... to the great land for the preservation of... |
| col 3 1 | If in Abu (Month V), the flood will come and floods will come. Fish of Ea(?) will prosper. |
| col 4 4 | The land will dwell in peaceful abodes. |
| col 3 31 | If the heart of the land is raging: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| col 4 26 | If a flood flashes in the river and... in its midst |
| col 1 4 | If a river is filled with famine: after the year Adad will devastate. |
| col 2 2 | (If) there is a mole on the thigh: there will be famine. |
| col 3 17 | If in Arasamna (VIII) ditto: there will be rains in the land. |
| col 1 27 | The 10th, if the river reaches them, there will be fish in the land. |
| col 4 50 | Its ritual: 2 U 47. |
| col 3 11 | If in Kislimu (Month IX), ditto the people... a date palm |
| col 4 5 | (If) a river gives birth to a dead man: the land will become hostile to the land. |
| col 1 26 | in the land... |
| col 4 18 | (If) he sees a bird in the river: he will be covered in dust and will fall. |
| col 4 39 | If a flood takes place in the midst of the city: the wives of a man will kill the men and the wives. |
| col 3 43 | If Kulili is seen: the land will become happy. |
| col 4 10 | rains and floods will not occur. : there will be famine. |
| col 3 9 | If in Nisannu (Month I), the flood will come and his son will die like a death. The sixth year ditto. |
| col 4 41 | If the flood becomes visible in the middle of the city: weapons will occur and the throne will become confused. |
| col 1 42 | sesame in the land? |
| col 4 28 | If a takkutu-prayer....... |
| col 3 58 | (If) he irrigates the river: that river will be destroyed. |
| col 4 32 | If a son is like a amnu-plant: there will be a womb of. |
| col 3 21 | (If) in abau (Month XI) ditto: the gods will destroy the land. |
| col 3 5 | If in Kislimu (Month IX) ditto Adad and Nergal eat food in the land |
| col 3 56 | (If) he sees a sick person like oil: ditto. |
| col 2 11 | : In a qaqaru-snake the moon and the sun are seen and the ewe... |
| col 1 28 | If the river is like a well: rain. |
| col 2 33 | ... in front of... |
| col 3 23 | If there is a mole on the right side of the thigh, there will be famine. |
| col 1 10 | 10?... of the river like a flood, and... on them |
| col 3 19 | If in Kislimu (Month IX) ditto: the land which is surrounded by a flood will be scattered. |
| col 4 27 | If he sees a swollen ewe in the ualû-vessel:.... |
| col 4 49 | If on the threshing floor of the city a flood emerges, a curse will be established(?) |
| col 3 12 | If in Simanu (Month I), ditto (he fills) the bt qti(?), there will be famine(?) and famine(?) |
| col 3 30 | If he is ill, he will kill the land. |
| col 3 6 | If in ebtu (Month X), ditto the harvest of the land will not prosper. |
| col 3 49 | If a kulllu-plant (means): he will become ill for a long time. Ditto: he will not become happy. |
| col 3 54 | a snake and a fire will afflict the land. |
| col 1 25 | If the river irrigates them like a..., ditto, like birds. |
| col 2 3 | If in Arasamna (VIII) the field is like a sahhu-disease and it is over them: hurhummatu-disease of the water. |
| col 1 48 | If ditto he is ill, he is ill, ditto he is ill... |
| col 3 35 | If he is very ill: attack of the land. |
| col 3 38 | If he is ill, he will kill the land. |
| col 1 49 | If in Abu (Month V) a flood goes and its water.... |
| col 4 11 | If in the river a flood is scattered: ditto. |
| col 4 7 | If a river in the river, a son who is like a fire will bring out rains: there will be deaths in the land. |
| col 3 65 | (If) he is ill: the land will seize (or): the enemy and the army will fall in battle. |
| col 4 23 | If he is ill, and he is covered in red water:.... |
| col 2 18 | If a field like a gall bladder is located on the river and...... the river.... |
| col 2 30 | If he is ill, he is ill in their heart... |
| col 3 32 | (If) he is ill for all enemy lands: attack of the land; attack of the land. |
| col 2 14 | ... young and old... |
| col 2 5 | If the river level is like a swollen wind, and it is surrounded by a fog. Night. |
| col 1 46 | ...... |
| col 1 68 | ... there will be abundance in the land. |
| col 2 8 | If in Kislimu (Month IX)... water... in its midst |
| col 2 15 | There was no rejoicing in the land... |
| col 4 34 | If there is a mole on the right side,.... |
| col 4 20 | If he sees a fish in the river: the land will dwell in a peaceful place. |
| col 3 50 | If a kililu-plant screams, the enemy will devastate. |
| col 4 47 | If in the middle of the city there is a uppatu-plant(?), ditto |
| col 4 46 | If there is a plant in the middle of the city, there will be a stag in the land. |
| col 3 25 | If he sees a black...: |
| col 4 29 | he swore,... |
| col 4 13 | If water in the river is surrounded by a harpu-vessel: he will recover. |
| col 3 14 | If in Tebetu (Month IV) ditto: the harvest will prosper. |
| col 4 22 | If he sees a man, he will recover, and he will recover. Ditto: he will recover. |
| col 1 53 | If his son is yellow-green and he is a hurhum creature |
| col 1 29 | If a river like a son of a ghost... |
| col 1 40 | If in Duuzu (Month IV)... he continually seeks out(?)...: there will be famine in the land. |
| col 2 24 | If a son... like a gall bladder...... their news....... |
| col 3 68 | The 10th... of the river, which like a amnu-disease he brought out. |
| col 1 5 | If the river is like the water of a mountain: in the Apsu Ea an eclipse will take place. |
| col 2 20 | : a great land will go to a small land for life.... |
| col 3 62 | If a river hears her and her skin is covered: that river will devastate and |
| col 3 42 | If Kulili is a sea : like a sea : there will be a flood. |
| col 3 34 | If there is a mole on the land |
| col 4 37 | If the flood becomes visible and sees oil in the land: end of the reign of the land. |
| col 1 21 | If the river rains like a flood: he will die. |
| col 1 9 | If a river is filled with water: there will be black water on them. |
| col 1 13 | (If) ditto: in the middle of the river he is ill, the land will experience famine. |
| col 1 65 | If in Til-arru (II) he goes and he is satisfied with them: |
| col 2 7 | You... the heavens and the god Adad on his neck. |
| col 1 24 | Adad eats in the land and the land will be seized. |
| col 3 4 | If in Arasamna (VIII) ditto: rain, Adad will devastate the walls. |
| col 3 39 | If he is ill: the land will become happy. |
| col 1 67 | If his son... ditto a river goes and is red(?) |
| col 4 43 | If there is a reed in the middle of the city: that city will experience a severe hunger. |
| col 4 9 | (If) the river reaches the flood and falls into its middle: he will die. |
| col 1 33 | If in Simanu (Month III) a flood takes place and the field is covered in a river: |
| col 1 58 | ...... |
| col 1 59 | ...... |
| col 1 60 | ...... |
| col 1 62 | ...... |
| col 1 63 | ...... |
| col 1 64 | ...... |
| col 1 34 | Afterwards Adad will demolish the houses. |
| col 4 35 | If her speech is heard: the harvest of the land.... |
| col 1 3 | If a river is like a death-snake: rejoicing. |
| col 3 48 | If Kulili roars in a womb: the heart of the land will become happy. |
| col 1 20 | If the river is like a river: a king will conquer the land. |
| col 1 39 | There will be a sassur-vessel, oxen-driver and famine in the land. |
| col 3 41 | 10...: the enemy will fall. |
| col 1 61 | If he... his son |
| col 4 19 | ... of Adad... |
| col 4 24 | ... and son of a prostuqtu-priest,..., |
| col 4 6 | (If) he is ill: his brother will die. |
| col 3 28 | If a fog rolls over the harvest of the land: ditto.... |
| col 1 22 | The king of the land will become happy over his people; : he will not become happy. |
| col 2 12 | ... people, their sons, for silver. |
| col 3 7 | If in abau (Month XI) ditto Adad will devastate in the land. |
| col 4 17 | (If) they are swollen: alternatively, they are swollen: they will be swollen. |
| col 3 15 | If in Ululu (Month VI) ditto: rain and floods will come. |
| col 4 31 | 10............ Ea |
| col 4 16 | (If) he sees a snake in the river: ditto he will die. |
| col 4 51 | (If) he does not drink water from the threshing floor of the river: he will die. |
| col 3 63 | ama’s first appearance |
| col 1 18 | If the river is like a cloudy wind: the harvest of the land will be plundered. |
| col 2 16 | If in ebtu (Month X), her waters like silver before them... |
| col 3 61 | (If) there is a mole in the land and he does not clear it: a mole will not exist. |
| col 3 59 | Itatia (is) Gumu, destruction of the property of Kish. |
| col 1 31 | He has not heard the truth. |
| col 4 53 | The 61st tablet. |
| col 1 57 | If in Elul (VI) a flood goes and... |
| col 3 47 | If he is surrounded by a yellow-green kiln: attack of the land. |
| col 1 41 | 10... of the river, his son... and... of the river |
| col 3 2 | If in Ululu (VI) ditto the south wind blows and. |
| col 4 48 | If there is a mole on the side of the city(?): there will be... plant(s) |
| col 1 32 | If a river is surrounded by a snake and it is surrounded by a halo: a wild cow will seize. |
| col 3 53 | If in front of a son, it is like oil: ditto. |
| col 4 44 | If there is a mole on the side of the city, that city will be destroyed. |
| col 2 27 | If in abau (Month XI)... water... in them.... |
| col 1 8 | If a river like a scribal art is present in the land of Ahzu |
| col 1 66 | ... ditto...... |
| col 3 26 | If there is a mole in the midst of the mountain(?), there will be.... |
| col 1 38 | If a sow goes and his son is seized by hurhumma: he will die. |
| col 2 26 | Ditto: there will be famine in the end of the night, and there will be famine in the land. |
| col 2 28 | (and) the wrath of the warriors like Ea |
| col 4 30 | If water comes out in their midst... is present |
| col 1 54 | dates... |
| col 1 55 | If his son is white ditto:.... |
| col 4 25 | (If) in the river... her head raises... |
| col 1 12 | If the river is like a ziggurat of a river in the middle of the river: the... of a river will be scattered. |
| col 4 14 | If there is a mole in the river: snakes will thrive; alternatively, in the river. |
| col 2 21 | If a field like a barley on a river bank goes and from the middle of the river the field.... |
| col 4 40 | he performs (it) with a weapon. |
| col 3 44 | If Kulili is white: attack of the land. |
| col 3 20 | (If) a land is surrounded by a halo: there will be an attack of the land; alternatively, the land will be plundered. |
| col 3 36 | If he is surrounded by a flood: attack of the land. |
| col 3 67 | The harvest will increase, and business will be stable. |
| col 3 29 | If he is ill : he is ill : he is ill. |
| col 2 13 | If a water source goes out and a river inside it... |
| col 4 38 | If a flood afflicts the life of the land: the king will die. |
| col 3 40 | If her takkuu-disease is faint : she will die. |
| col 1 35 | If there is a mole on the... of your chest, the... of the river will be dispersed. |
| col 3 13 | If in Duuzu (Month IV) ditto: there will be deaths in the land. : a lightning flashes in the land. |
| col 4 8 | If a river in the flood, a son who is like a pig (or a pig) ditto: death of Ea. |
| col 3 37 | [If] he is surrounded by a flood, he will kill [the enemy]. |
| col 1 45 | If a flood takes place and... water:.... |
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