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K 02201 (P394258)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02201 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394258 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 17' | If the day reaches the quay: the man will conquer. |
| obverse 15' | If on the 20th day a quay is built... a tablet(?)... a brother(?)... a man will die. |
| reverse 6' | ...... that house is good |
| reverse 2' | .......... |
| obverse 12' | If on the 17th day a mole is located on the dike: he will die. |
| obverse 4' | If the day reaches the quay : he will conquer his enemy. |
| reverse 18' | ... his land |
| reverse 16' | ... that house |
| obverse 9' | If on the 14th day a mole is located: the man will become ill. |
| reverse 12' | ... the dead |
| obverse 3' | If the day reaches the quay: his god will be satisfied. |
| obverse 20' | If the day of the 55th day is dark: he will not prosper. That man will be killed. |
| reverse 4' | ............... |
| obverse 2' | If on the 7th day a mole is located: that man will hand of a god's land. |
| reverse 10' | ... you heap up. |
| reverse 14' | ...: he will die. |
| obverse 19' | If the day of the fourth day is covered in a mud wall: a man will die in his path. |
| obverse 7' | If on the 12th day the quay is built: Itar will die in his illness. |
| reverse 15' | ... will be scattered |
| obverse 1' | If the day reaches the quay : a god's radiance : a god's radiance. |
| obverse 10' | If on the 15th day there is a mole on the threshing floor: he will die and he will not approach. |
| reverse 8' | ... the dead man |
| reverse 5' | ....... after him, his house will be scattered. |
| reverse 17' | ...... clouds |
| reverse 11' | ... is good. |
| obverse 11' | If on the 16th day a quay occurs: that man will be killed. |
| reverse 7' | ... that house will go about. |
| obverse 6' | If on the 11th day a mole is located inside it: he will not cross over. |
| reverse 9' | ... that house |
| obverse 14' | If the day of the 19th day is favourable: he will make a famine. |
| obverse 5' | If on the 10th day there is a mole on the ground: he will not die. |
| reverse 13' | ... will die |
| obverse 13' | If on the 18th day: a severe illness will seize him. |
| reverse 3' | ... three days a day... he will die. |
| obverse 16' | If on the 1st day: he will build a quay. |
| obverse 18' | If the day reaches the quay: he will make a supplication. |
| obverse 8' | If the day reaches the quay: the son of his father 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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