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K 02240 (P394287)
CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394287 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu |
| 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 12' | Elam devours the land |
| obverse 8' | ... his sons will kill him |
| reverse 3' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its heads are 5: one lion's head; one lion's head; |
| reverse 21' | ... his |
| reverse 9' | ... the enemy will go to the land and |
| obverse 10' | ... the chief of his sons |
| reverse 8' | 1 lion's head, 1 lion's head, |
| obverse 17' | ... stands there: there will be famine in the land and the king....... |
| reverse 10' | ... is surrounded by a yellow-green halo, its property will be seized, the enemy will take it away. |
| obverse 6' | .... he smote. |
| obverse 7' | .... he smote. |
| reverse 19' | .... he smote. |
| obverse 18' | ... may.. be well. |
| reverse 13' | ... there will be... in the land and there will be hostilities in the land. |
| obverse 2' | ... prince |
| reverse 6' | If a ewe gives birth to a siltu-snake: the land will be destroyed; the strong king will... in the land and the land will become stable. |
| reverse 18' | ... eats the land |
| obverse 1' | ... the lord of strength will become strong. |
| reverse 16' | ... wide(?) |
| reverse 20' | ...-BI-IM |
| reverse 11' | ...... Enlil of the land : the king will widen |
| reverse 2' | If a ewe gives birth to...: the prince will come out of the throne and in the land will dwell. |
| reverse 17' | ....... |
| reverse 22' | ... did not(?) know |
| reverse 14' | ... who dwells in a flood. |
| reverse 5' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion: the enemy will seize it : if a ewe gives birth to a lion: the enemy will seize it. |
| obverse 3' | ... rule |
| obverse 4' | ... rule |
| obverse 5' | ... rule |
| obverse 16' | ... ditto and... |
| obverse 9' | ... the administrator of his sons will kill him. |
| reverse 4' | If the top of the 'increment' is located in it: that year will be destroyed; the city will become happy; the enemy will take away the property. |
| reverse 15' | ... the king's son seized his father's throne |
| reverse 7' | If an ewe gives birth to an ipnu-plant: the land will become poor. The gods of the king will die on the fires. |
| obverse 15' | ... the king's son will seize the throne. |
| obverse 13' | ... of the almatu-demon, you strew the throne. |
| obverse 11' | .... he will have a... and after the owner of the army will succeed. |
| obverse 14' | ... may she have.... |
| reverse 12' | ... the land dwells as if in pastures near the city |
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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