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CT 39, pl. 37, K 07212 + (P366135)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 39, pl. 37, K 07212 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P366135 |
| 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 9' | If a man ditto: he will die for the temple of his god. |
| reverse 6' | If a man ditto (and) he goes to his (personal) god's temple: he will eat wine. |
| obverse 18' | If a halo, a halo, is swollen, its intestines are covered with it: he will die. |
| obverse 8' | If ditto a fire is located on a fire: his tongue will become confused for two. |
| reverse 13' | If a man ditto (appears) to his (personal) god's temple: attack of a fish. |
| obverse 2' | You should not approach..., you should not approach.... |
| obverse 10' | If ditto a fire in a man's house: he will fall. |
| obverse 13' | If an anomaly is located in a man's house: that house will have a god. |
| obverse 7' | that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 6' | If a fire is located on the fire: |
| reverse 2' | If a man ditto (and) he enters the temple of his god: he will die. |
| obverse 11' | If an anomaly, ditto, which is red in a man's house: he will become satisfied. |
| obverse 3' | If a fire is set on a fire:... |
| obverse 9' | If an anomaly which is located in a man's house: rejoicing. |
| obverse 12' | If ditto a fire in a man's house: fall of heart. |
| obverse 5' | ... and |
| reverse 12' | If a man ditto (and) he goes to his (personal) god's temple: the brother of a robber will devour him. |
| reverse 7' | If a man ditto (and) into his god's temple wears a linen garment (means): he constantly wears a linen garment. |
| obverse 15' | If an anomaly, ditto, which is located in a man's house, its tongue is swollen : its tongue is swollen. |
| reverse 3' | If a man ditto: to his god's temple he will die, he will die. |
| reverse 15' | He eats pig meat and does not grow old. |
| obverse 17' | If a fire, ditto, which is set up in a man's house: he will fall into a man's house. |
| reverse 14' | If a man ditto (and) he goes to the temple of his god: he will recover. |
| obverse 4' | ... not approach... |
| reverse 1' | If a man comes close to his (personal) god's temple: he will acquire a bronze kettledrum and he will recover. |
| reverse 10' | If a man ditto: he will attack the temple of his god. |
| obverse 21' | If a lightning flashes (and) a lightning flashes towards the beams... |
| obverse 14' | If an anomaly, ditto (it is located) in a man's house: he will die. (Then) Enlil |
| obverse 1' | If a fire is very thick: a fire will be set on the day. |
| obverse 20' | ... that house |
| reverse 5' | If a man ditto (and) into his (personal) god's temple burns a cedar tree |
| obverse 16' | (If) he is ill and he is ill in a... house: there will be famine. |
| obverse 19' | If the fire of the iakku-demon disappears in its midst:.... |
| reverse 11' | If a man ditto (a man, whether) he will enter his (personal) god's temple or a eagle or a teeming eagle (or) a thief, he will eat (it) and he will recover. |
| reverse 8' | If a man ditto: he will enter his god's temple. |
| reverse 4' | If a man ditto (and) he goes to his god's temple: he will recover. |
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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