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CT 39, pl. 25, Sm 1376 (P370799)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 39, pl. 25, Sm 1376 |
|---|---|
| ID | P370799 |
| 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 14' | If... of a city is seen: there will be famine. |
| obverse 16 | ...: he will become poor, he will become poor. |
| obverse 3 | ... ditto: he will die. |
| reverse 19' | (and) there will be many troops. |
| reverse 5' | If a pigeon... many... |
| obverse 13 | (If) he sees a fish in a U.RIN.NA : (variant:) end of day : in a man's house, evil will fall. |
| reverse 18' | If a claim has arisen on a campaign against the troops, |
| obverse 14 | ... fish approached ulpa’e |
| obverse 6 | ...... great army(?) of the city and the sea |
| reverse 6' | The city... has given birth. |
| reverse 17' | ... a man will be killed; loss of a man. |
| reverse 7' | If a pigeon is facing and... |
| reverse 15' | (If) a man is seen...: the heir will die. |
| obverse 5 | ... a.AB.BA (means) : there are fish in the river. |
| reverse 3' | ... my troops... |
| reverse 1' | If my troops... on the road... |
| obverse 10 | ... the black-headed..... he smote, and his body he smote. |
| obverse 9 | ... that house will be destroyed with a weapon. |
| obverse 4 | ... Adad will devour fish. |
| obverse 7 | ...... he will be seized. That house will be scattered. |
| obverse 17 | ... the star of the sky has seen... |
| reverse 9' | If a pigeon is open and he... before the troops |
| reverse 12' | ... a... bird and he eats it, and his troops... |
| obverse 12 | ... he will become black. : AMBAR (means) : that river will be destroyed. |
| obverse 15 | ...... the fish eats and enters a man's house |
| reverse 2' | If a pigeon has swollen... |
| reverse 8' | ... my troops... |
| reverse 16' | ... a man will die, either the owner of the house or the wife of the house will die. |
| reverse 4' | If a pigeon ditto and it stands in front of the army... |
| obverse 1 | ... the reign of his king |
| obverse 11 | ... lord of that house,... |
| reverse 13' | If...... hunger in...: there will be famine in the city. |
| reverse 10' | If a pigeon stands in the centre of the city and.... |
| obverse 2 | ... his kingship |
| obverse 8 | ......... he will be able to tie... in a man's house. |
| reverse 11' | If a pigeon eats a flesh in the hand of his army... |
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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