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CT 39, pl. 28, Rm 2, 135 (P366128)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 39, pl. 28, Rm 2, 135 |
|---|---|
| ID | P366128 |
| 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 5' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 12 | If the king goes when he goes, he will place a censer and a curse on his enemy. |
| obverse 16 | (If) a Weapon strikes his enemy over the Weapon: the king will die and... the enemy will seize the ground. |
| reverse 7' | When the wide land of the scribal art, |
| obverse 17 | If ditto and... the black-headed..., the troops and the enemy will die. |
| obverse 8 | The good signs are placed between them and the people of the land will see abundance. |
| reverse 1' | If a bird ditto a bird in front of.... |
| obverse 6 | If a... snake is a bu'u-bird, and he strews (it) after the king: the king will go wherever he goes. |
| reverse 6' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave greatness to him. |
| reverse 10' | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| obverse 18 | ... stands(?) |
| obverse 10 | If a man, whenever he goes out and goes out, he will place a hand against his enemy. |
| reverse 11' | For my reading, he established it in my palace. |
| obverse 9 | If ditto and a lion's head is swollen, and his head is swollen in his mouth, and he is ill for the king. |
| obverse 5 | If a... bird makes a nest and goes at the side of the king and he strews (it): the king will go wherever he goes. |
| reverse 2' | If a bird ditto: a lion's head in front of a man's lungs. |
| obverse 15 | If ditto and a urdu-bird and a urdu-bird are performed before the king and the urdu-bird is killed. |
| reverse 3' | If a dog approaches a woman: end of a reign. |
| obverse 2 | If... is dark: he will become poor and will fall from the right of the king to the left of the king. |
| reverse 4' | [Tablet 79, 79th day, eponym year of] the city. |
| obverse 3 | If... is dark: he will become poor and will fall from the left of the king to the right of the king. The king will reach his goal. |
| reverse 8' | Whoever among the kings who came before me does not know this work? |
| obverse 7 | If a bird is swollen and is located with the king: the king's enemy will attack him in front of him. |
| obverse 13 | If ditto and a lion and a lion go in front of the king and a lion kills a lion |
| obverse 14 | (If) a weapon of the king is against a weapon: cities will fall and the city wall will seize the enemy and sit down. |
| obverse 11 | If ditto and a pigeon is swollen, and it is covered in his mouth: he will die in front of the king. |
| reverse 9' | The wisdom of Nabû, the one who carries off your sands, as many as there are |
| obverse 1 | If a king... his eyes are open, and he goes to his enemy's land. |
| obverse 4 | If a... is dark and he raises his head and goes before the king: the king will go wherever he goes. |
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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