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K 02199 (P394256)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02199 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394256 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu |
| 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 9 | ... ditto: he will experience abundance. |
| 60 | ... you make... great... come out in the wall. |
| 7 | If a scorpion in a house...... his sons will kill him. |
| reverse 2 | ....... he has seized... |
| 4a | If the Scorpion (gloss: break) in a man's house, either from the brickwork or to the hand of a man, (or) in front of a man, it will be good. |
| 6 | If the Scorpion in a man's house. |
| 32 | If the Scorpions become black: in a man's house he will be killed. |
| reverse 41 | If a Scorpius-mark is located on a day: a man will die. |
| 11 | If a scorpion... on a day, in the midst of....... |
| 46 | ... that man will rejoice. |
| reverse 32 | ... will not become good. |
| left 1 | If the Scorpion in a man's house... in the street... |
| 13 | If the arrows lie down on the street:.... |
| 49 | ... that woman will eat sweet bread. |
| 18 | If the Scorpion appears on the throne... |
| reverse 39 | they shall bring to a man. |
| 17 | If a scorpion... on a man's bed: that man will acquire.... |
| 16 | If reeds in a man's bed.......... |
| 25 | If the Scorpion... is seen: that man will have a god and a protective deity. |
| 8 | If the scorpions in a man's house......: he will enter the man's house. |
| reverse 45 | The 9th, nishu-disease... |
| reverse 33 | If a scorpion... |
| reverse 23 | ... of the ayallakku-demon, who goes at the side of the kushiru-demon. |
| 2 | If the arrows lie in a man's house: the brick-house will be destroyed. |
| 42 | ... the wife of a man will die. |
| 43 | ..., the one who raises the neck(?) of a man |
| 59 | ...... in a man's house: that house will go before him. |
| reverse 10 | ... ditto: the wall will become ditto. |
| 1 | If the scorpions... in a man's house.... |
| 33 | If the Scorpion is red: in a man's house he will see a man. |
| reverse 30 | ... he will seize him |
| reverse 14 | ... her son... |
| 20 | You pound a scorpion in a table. |
| 55 | ... is good. |
| 12 | If a scorpion sees a man on the day of disappearance of the moon: a man will die. |
| reverse 13 | ... he will recover. |
| 38 | ... is well. |
| reverse 25 | ... in the kuiru-vessel he will go. |
| 62 | ... came out from the ground to the middle. From the middle of the house to the middle of the house: that palace will be built. |
| reverse 22 | ... he will see... |
| 58 | ... will experience...; he will experience famine; he will experience his word. |
| left 2 | If a scorpion... in a man's house: to the ground.... |
| reverse 44 | If the Scorpion's head is swollen: |
| reverse 29 | ......... |
| 45 | (If) a man is seen...: that man will conquer his land. |
| reverse 42 | If a scorpion... in the street of a man ditto: his mouth will be cut off. |
| 64 | ... which are located in the town : If a man's house will be abandoned. That city will be abandoned. |
| reverse 43 | The right of the gall bladder is split. |
| 24 | If a Scorpion.......... |
| reverse 38 | If a Scorpius is covered in a turban: a man will be ill and... |
| reverse 3 | (If) ditto: the wall will become ditto and its foundations will prosper. |
| 61 | ... a man either on a bed or on a chair is seen in the owner of the house. |
| 57 | ... will experience..., he will experience..., he will experience... his word. |
| reverse 18 | ... for the second year he will experience rejoicing. |
| 22 | If the Scorpion................ |
| reverse 26 | .............. |
| 14 | If the Scorpions appear in the street.... |
| 26 | If a scorpion (gloss: break) in the middle of a man's house: he will die. |
| 51 | ... his illness will seize him. |
| 15 | If a Scorpius is located on the bed of a man:.... |
| reverse 4 | ... stand..., ditto: he will recover. |
| 30 | If a Scorpion is red(?) in a man's house: that man will experience good fortune. |
| 27' | If a scorpion gives birth to a man in a man's house. |
| 4b | Its foundations are not stable. |
| 41 | ... will fall. The owner of the matter will see... |
| 34 | If the arrows are red: in a man's house a campaign will take place. |
| 39 | ... case |
| 44 | ... his lord will die. |
| 36 | If the Scorpion... appears in a man's house. |
| reverse 40 | If a Scorpion goes out in the morning and a man ditto: he will be satisfied. |
| reverse 20 | ... will see your... joy. |
| 28 | If a Scorpius is seen in the middle of a man's house: that house will acquire wealth. |
| 23 | If he sees a Scorpion...: the owner of the house will... his... for good fortune. |
| 63 | If a thigh is pointed in the middle of a man's throat: that man will be seized. |
| 56 | ... a man's house..., he will have mercy on her. |
| reverse 28 | ... will return. |
| 21 | If the Scorpion......: the owner of that house will acquire a claim. |
| reverse 21 | ... of Anatu, he made him tremble. |
| 29 | If the Scorpion is white: in a man's house he will see a man. |
| 54 | ... his illness will seize him |
| reverse 31 | ...-nutu, his wife: |
| 31 | If the Scorpion appears in a man's house: its right horn is not present. That house will have a god. |
| 40 | ... the god will have mercy on her. |
| 37 | ... [...]... [...] |
| reverse 24 | ... a sage, who goes at the side of the kushiru-vessel. |
| 35 | If a scorpion... he sees a man in a man's house: that man will become ill and his house will be scattered. |
| reverse 15 | ... the second year (of the month) Mesiru |
| 52 | ... his illness will be long. |
| reverse 8 | ... ditto. |
| 50 | ... that sick man will die, his illness will be long |
| 5 | The scorpions in a man's house... that house will be scattered. |
| reverse 16 | ... a black woman will experience famine. |
| 47 | ..... and in goodwill his good fortune. |
| reverse 11 | ... is good. |
| reverse 27 | ..... he will see joy of heart. |
| 19 | If a scorpion... on a throne:... will be long |
| reverse 5 | ... stand... ditto:... |
| reverse 6 | ... stand... ditto:... |
| 3 | If a Scorpius is located in a man's house: the brick-house will be destroyed. That house will experience wealth. |
| reverse 17 | ... with the evil of his lord, you sit down. |
| reverse 19 | ... he will experience happiness. |
| reverse 12 | ......: he will become happy. |
| 10 | If a scorpion... on a day... he will conquer |
| 48 | ... that woman will die in her heart. |
| reverse 1 | ... before Br-ah, temple of the god. |
| 53 | If a Scorpius is located upon a sick person: his illness will be long and he will die. |
| reverse 7 | (If) his... ditto: he will acquire water. |
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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