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CT 39, pl. 23-24, Rm 2, 138 + (P366124)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 39, pl. 23-24, Rm 2, 138 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P366124 |
| 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 3' | 'May it be a kappa-dagal priest, and may it go to my left. |
| obverse 7 | If a pigeon becomes stationary on a city: that city will be abandoned. |
| obverse 28 | ...... |
| obverse 14 | If a bird eats a bird in a man's house and it is covered in a man's house: that house will die and he will die. |
| obverse 5 | If a white eagle is seen in a city: that city will be abandoned. |
| obverse 26 | ... either a pigeon or a kasusu-bird in a man's house or aptu(?) |
| obverse 6 | If a black eagle is seen in a city: that city will be destroyed. |
| obverse 1 | If a urdu-bird goes on a campaign and... with a urba bird: death. |
| reverse 15' | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| obverse 21 | If a lion approaches a man's house and gives birth to a bull: that house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 16' | For my reading, he established it in my palace. |
| obverse 9 | If a pigeon opens up on a city and is swollen: |
| obverse 12 | If a bird in the middle of a man's house: a bird will take away(?) the owner of the house. |
| reverse 5' | You raise a thigh, you raise a thigh in the open country, and you bring it before ama. |
| obverse 10 | If a pigeon, in the opening of a man's house, there is a mole on the nose of a pigeon, and he is ill: that owner of that house will be seized. |
| obverse 25 | ... to king of Elam. 6th day : king of the west wind... |
| obverse 4 | If a pigeon is covered with a pigeon: end of the king's reign in the palace. |
| reverse 8' | If a army goes on the road and sees a bird: his army will rage. |
| reverse 4' | Its ritual: You mix 1 qû of large barley together. |
| obverse 13 | If a eagle eats a bird in the middle of a man's house: the owner of the house will see a sign and he will emerge from his house. |
| obverse 17 | If a pigeon enters a man's house and he takes anything (from it), he will die and he will die. |
| obverse 2 | If a ubtu-bird has become confused and like a ubtu-bird... ditto: he will become confused. |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 14' | the wisdom of Nabû, the one who carries out your sands, as many as there are |
| obverse 24 | If a pigeon and a pigeon have not been smitten and have fallen into ruin |
| reverse 12' | They rejoiced, the eyes were full of sceptres. |
| reverse 9' | The 66th tablet: "If a city is set on a height." |
| reverse 2' | With so-and-so, son of so-and-so, |
| reverse 13' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, |
| obverse 23 | If a pigeon gives birth to a man in the halo of a man's house: that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 8 | If a pigeon becomes stationary on a city and it continually rages: fall of my troops. |
| obverse 20 | If a pigeon goes into a man's house: |
| obverse 11 | If a pigeon is located on the threshing floor of a man's house: he will take a bird. |
| reverse 6' | You recite the incantation 3 times and a bird will come and see it. |
| obverse 27 | You take a...-bird, a... bird, and take the owner of the house. |
| reverse 10' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 7' | 34 |
| obverse 19 | If a eagle rages towards a man's house: that house will be abandoned. |
| obverse 15 | If a pigeon enters a man's house: the wife of a man will die. |
| obverse 16 | (If) a pigeon enters a man's house and he strews it with the house: that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 18 | If a pigeon enters a man's house and he does not take anything, he will recover. |
| obverse 3 | If a pigeon, a pigeon, (or) a pigeon, has a tail: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| reverse 11' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave greatness, |
| obverse 22 | If a pigeon gives birth to in the middle of a man's house: that house will be destroyed. |
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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