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CT 39, pl. 14-21, 1880-07-19, 092+ (rev.) (P370791)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 39, pl. 14-21, 1880-07-19, 092+ (rev.) |
|---|---|
| ID | P370791 |
| 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 18' | ......., |
| obverse 12' | That city... |
| obverse 16' | The third year: that garden will diminish... |
| obverse 15' | If from a date palm, a... tree |
| obverse 13' | If ditto a date palm, 5... date palms |
| obverse 17' | If in a garden, the city... a date palm(?) |
| reverse 5' | If a river like a son of a ghost.... |
| obverse 21' | If ditto a date palm of Adad... (means) a year. |
| obverse 30' | If date palms are 4: the lord of the garden will... |
| obverse 14' | there is a... in that city |
| reverse 15' | ... the one who shouts out... |
| obverse 31' | If date palms are located on the top of 5? reeds: good. |
| reverse 21' | That river... |
| obverse 20' | there will be famine in that city. That city... |
| obverse 10' | ... the gods... |
| reverse 22' | The people... |
| obverse 8' | he will be repaid... |
| reverse 4' | Adad eats in the land and... |
| reverse 1' | ... river like a river... |
| reverse 20' | a libation bowl for.... |
| reverse 9' | If a river like a snake |
| reverse 11' | If in abau (Month XI)... water: |
| reverse 12' | From the water... |
| reverse 23' | If a river... |
| obverse 6' | That garden... |
| reverse 19' | If a river... |
| reverse 8' | king of the land with him, his land... |
| obverse 11' | If ditto a date palm:.... |
| reverse 24' | ... fearsomeness... |
| reverse 14' | If in Addaru (Month XII)... water:. |
| obverse 28' | If a date palm is located on the top of three heads: the south wind blows. |
| reverse 6' | sesame... |
| reverse 3' | If in Ayyaru (Month I), the flood will come and the river will... its field |
| reverse 13' | Ditto: in that year.... |
| obverse 23' | If a fire falls on a garden: the city will be abandoned. Nisaba will devastate. |
| reverse 7' | If a river is filled with water:... |
| reverse 10' | ... goats... |
| obverse 2' | A enemy...... |
| obverse 4' | That garden... |
| obverse 19' | If ditto a date palm of a date palm....... |
| reverse 16' | ... the river... |
| obverse 27' | : the land of her gods will seize her. |
| obverse 25' | : there will be reeds in the land. |
| obverse 9' | If ditto a date palm... |
| obverse 22' | and dates in that city |
| obverse 3' | If ditto a date palm in a basket.... |
| obverse 5' | If ditto a date palm without its.... |
| reverse 2' | ... river like a river... salt... |
| reverse 25' | of the people of the river... |
| obverse 1' | If ditto a date palm(?) |
| obverse 26' | If a date palm is located on two heads and it does not change (the course of) the lands: the king will die. |
| obverse 24' | If a date palm is located on two heads: there will be hostilities in the land. |
| reverse 26' | If in Nisannu (Month I), the river.... |
| obverse 29' | son of the palace...... |
| reverse 17' | to the ground... |
| obverse 7' | If ditto a date palm... |
| obverse 18' | ......... |
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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