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CT 40, pl. 08, K 02192 (P394251)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 08, K 02192 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394251 |
| 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 15' | for a gift... |
| reverse 9' | If ditto a ulatu-mark is placed on the throne: the king will not live long. |
| reverse 2' | If a woman sinned, and she resides in a god's house.... |
| obverse 1 | If the throne of his god is bright, his god is bright, his utterance... |
| obverse 14 | Written and checked according to the original. |
| reverse 8' | If ditto that of the palace is smashed, the king will die. |
| obverse 2 | The throne of his Itar is long (and) Itar... for good deeds |
| reverse 12' | Its ritual:... |
| reverse 10' | If ditto he is ill, and he is ill: the palace's rites will emerge from it. |
| obverse 7 | If the throne is darkened to the gods: he will die. |
| reverse 1' | If ditto....... |
| obverse 3 | If the throne is darkened to the gods: its reign.... |
| reverse 11' | If ditto, ditto: he will not die; the palace will seize him in a rebellion. |
| reverse 3' | If a woman ditto: he will die; he will die in the house; he will die. |
| obverse 8 | If there is a mole on the throne for the gods:.... |
| reverse 5' | If ditto that of the house of Itar issanakil: there will be a strong battle in front of the Pleiades. |
| obverse 5 | If the throne is darkened daily for the gods: kingship... |
| reverse 7' | If a copper vessel (and) property of the palace are raised: the king... his servants... |
| obverse 9 | If the throne reaches the gods:... |
| reverse 14' | If a city is surrounded by a halo,... |
| obverse 11 | If there is a mole on the left side of his city, he will be ill for him,... in the mouth of a supplication... |
| reverse 13' | If a white ax appears in a man's house... |
| reverse 4' | If a sheep is the property of the house of Itar, Itar will... to the lands. |
| obverse 10 | If the throne is darkened to the gods:.... |
| obverse 13 | ......... |
| obverse 12 | If he is ill for Enlil... |
| obverse 4 | If the throne is darkened to the gods and Itar: the gods.... |
| reverse 6' | If ditto he is ill and he is ill and he is ill: the enemy... |
| obverse 6 | If there is a mole on the throne for the gods: the enemy's land... |
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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