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CT 40, pl. 05, K 00268+ (P393815)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 05, K 00268+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P393815 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 9' | ... house...... |
| reverse 16 | If a man's house is destroyed and a cloudburst is located in that house: there will be no return. |
| reverse 8 | If the brickwork of the house is swollen: the man's house will be scattered. |
| obverse 17' | If a house... inside it: that house will be abandoned. |
| obverse 2' | If a man's house....... |
| obverse 16' | If a man's house... inside it : he will not be satisfied. |
| obverse 11' | If a house.... |
| obverse 6' | If a man's house... |
| obverse 5' | If a man's house.... |
| obverse 4' | If a man’s house constantly....... |
| obverse 20' | If he does not have a house, he will be satisfied with his living creatures. |
| obverse 22' | ... he smote, a man destroyed, and a man his house has taken away. |
| reverse 23 | ... 20th year. |
| reverse 1 | If he... his house: that house will acquire a claim. |
| reverse 21 | he will turn into a man's house. |
| reverse 12 | If a house, the one who dwells, is constantly ill:... |
| obverse 14' | If a man's house is covered in...: that house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 17 | If a man enters a man's house: that house will become poor. |
| reverse 22 | If a man gives bread in a man's house: loss and loss will be imposed upon the man. |
| reverse 24 | ... that house will be good :... |
| reverse 14 | If a man's house is damaged: that house will be happy. |
| reverse 18 | If a man's house is swollen: he will die. |
| obverse 12' | If a house... |
| reverse 10 | If a house that resides inside it - that house will go in front of it. |
| obverse 1' | If a house.... |
| obverse 10' | If a house |
| reverse 13 | If a house, the one who sits inside it,.......... |
| reverse 6 | If his house a strong king... that house will be scattered. |
| obverse 18' | If a man's house........ he gives, that house will be abandoned. |
| reverse 19 | If a man's house is seized by a man: the god of a father or of a mother will seize him. |
| reverse 7 | If a brick is seen in front of a man: that house will be scattered and will not return to its place. |
| obverse 7' | If a man's house... |
| reverse 5 | If his house..... |
| obverse 13' | If a house is surrounded by a halo.... |
| obverse 8' | If a house... like a lisi-demon.... |
| reverse 2 | If his house is bright: that house will be bright. |
| obverse 15' | If a man's house......: that house will be abandoned. |
| obverse 19' | If a man's house is dark: he will die. |
| reverse 9 | If a man's house, where he lives, is constantly ill: the brick of the man's house will be brought to a man. |
| obverse 3' | If a man's house.... |
| obverse 23' | ... he smote a man, he constantly smote him, |
| reverse 3 | If his house...: that house will be scattered. |
| reverse 4 | If his house... |
| reverse 11 | If a house, the one who dwells in it, constantly frightens the house |
| reverse 20 | If a god enters a man's house: he will recover. |
| obverse 21' | If he appoints a man to a house: he will fall into the gate. |
| obverse 24' | ... a man will be seized. At that time, he will be seized. |
| reverse 15 | If a man's house is dark: in a man's house a squabble will be scattered. |
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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