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CT 30, pl. 31, K 09063 (P393893)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 30, pl. 31, K 09063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393893 |
| 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 21 | If a man is stricken and he does not go to the river: the god's utterance to a man. |
| obverse 10 | If the base of the'station' is 'loose' and a 'foot'-mark is pointed towards the 'path' and the 'path' towards the left: there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 6 | If the'station' is long and a 'path' approaches the left of the gall bladder: the gods will make the rest of the army, the prince will die. |
| reverse 1' | ... dead(?) |
| reverse 35' | May Nabû, scribe of all the lands, make his name disappear. |
| obverse 39 | ... the ukultu-plant(?)... I made it shine like daylight(?) |
| obverse 19 | If the base of the'station' is long and a 'path' towards the 'path' and the 'path' towards the'station' is split: the prince's rule will rule the wall. |
| obverse 22 | If the top of the'station' comes close to the river and faces the 'finger': the king will enter. |
| obverse 17 | If the base of the'station' is long and the 'path' is not crossed, the prince will go on a campaign. |
| obverse 20 | If a man is seized and he goes down to the river: he will die. |
| obverse 11 | If the foundation of the'station' is long and faces the right 'path': the enemy will devastate the prince's land. |
| reverse 8' | ... he will die |
| obverse 36 | ... brilliance of a god over a man. |
| obverse 23 | If the top of the'station' comes close to the river and is surrounded by a niru-hole: the enemy will experience famine in the land. |
| reverse 12' | If....... |
| obverse 31 | ... builder of the wall. Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 7 | If the base of the'station' is long and a 'foot'-mark is located on the right: the prince's land will experience hunger. |
| reverse 16' | If...-ar |
| reverse 3' | ... his illness is long. |
| obverse 24 | If the top of the'station' is elevated to the river bank and its base is a 'foot'-mark: the prince will conquer his midst. |
| obverse 14 | If the'station' and the 'path' are seen together: it will fall into the right side of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 4' | ... my army(?) |
| reverse 9' | ... will be scattered. |
| reverse 18' | If....... |
| obverse 27 | If the top of the'station' is split and is located on top of it: weapons will be placed in the weapons of the gods. |
| reverse 6' | ... he is frightened. |
| obverse 38 | ... the ukultu-priest of Irra, the mighty one, in the land of the enemy |
| reverse 5' | ... deaths |
| obverse 1 | If a man is stricken: the days of the prince will be long. |
| reverse 19' | If............. |
| obverse 34 | ... an eclipse |
| obverse 25 | If the top of the'station' comes close to the river and its base - the 'path' will not reach it. |
| reverse 17' | If....... |
| obverse 13 | If the foundation of the'station' is long and a 'path' is located on the 'path' and the 'path' is located on the mouth of the prince's canal, and his land will make bread. |
| obverse 5 | If a sow gives birth to a man and it reaches the right horn: the gods will overthrow the rest of the troops of the enemy. |
| obverse 40 | ... there will be |
| reverse 34' | Whoever erases my inscribed name or writes his name, |
| obverse 26 | If the top of the'station' comes close to the river and its base reaches the 'path.' |
| obverse 3 | If the base of the'station' is long and is split on the right: the enemy will be captured with the prince. |
| obverse 9 | If the base of the'station' is 'loose' and a 'foot'-mark is pointed towards the 'path' and the 'path' towards the right: there will be famine in the land of the prince. |
| obverse 28 | If a man's head is swollen and he is swollen: he will die. |
| obverse 4 | If the base of the'station' is long and is surrounded by a 'weapon'-mark on the left of the gall bladder: the prince will devastate with his enemy. |
| reverse 21' | ...... |
| obverse 15 | If a man and a 'foot'-mark are located on the left side of the gall bladder: the enemy's army will seize him and take his life. |
| reverse 2' | ... there will be... in the land. |
| obverse 35 | (If) he has a... (gloss: new break) and a weapon is placed on him: attack of evil against the prince. |
| reverse 11' | If....... |
| reverse 13' | ... |
| reverse 14' | ... |
| reverse 7' | ... ama |
| reverse 10' | ...... |
| obverse 32 | (If) he is stricken...: he will fall into a weapon and he will die. |
| obverse 8 | If the base of the'station' is long and a 'foot'-mark is located on the left of the gall bladder: the enemy's land will experience hunger. |
| obverse 16 | If the base of the'station' is 'loose' and the 'path' is 'bound.' |
| obverse 37 | ... the ukultu-offering, the strong Irra-demon, there will be a prince in the land |
| obverse 30 | ... and you recite my utterances. |
| obverse 33 | his....... he smote the river. |
| obverse 18 | If the base of the'station' is long and falls on the'station': the enemy will enter into the midst of the land. |
| reverse 15' | If... |
| obverse 2 | If a man is swollen and its middles are covered: the days of the prince will end. |
| obverse 12 | If the foundation of the'station' is long and faces the left 'path': the prince's enemy will overthrow his enemy's land. |
| obverse 29 | If the top of the 'finger' is split and is split: the prince and his eunuchs will die. |
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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