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Šumma izbu no. 1, K 02242 + K 11592 (P394289)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Šumma izbu no. 1, K 02242 + K 11592 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394289 |
| 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 18' | ... enemy land will seize. |
| reverse 15' | ... there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 9' | ... the land will eat food, and they will become confused. |
| reverse 13' | ... that land will expand; the general of his land will conquer his hands. |
| obverse 11' | ... dead(?) |
| obverse 9' | ... end |
| reverse 22' | ... will see... |
| reverse 5' | If a woman gives birth to 3 males and that land will expand. |
| reverse 11' | ... will conquer and will conquer the land. |
| reverse 10' | ... dates, and there will be frost in the land. |
| reverse 21' | ... there will be |
| obverse 7' | ... and the city's troops, the king and its people will conquer. |
| reverse 20' | ...... the land will be plundered 4 fingers. |
| reverse 19' | ... is strong and the land of the prince will be destroyed. |
| obverse 13' | ... will be destroyed. |
| obverse 15' | ... will be destroyed. |
| obverse 12' | ... |
| reverse 16' | (If)... is dark: the city will be scattered and will seize. |
| obverse 16' | .... he will die. |
| reverse 12' | ... owner of the house being sold. |
| reverse 8' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) and 2 females: one god will overthrow the enemy's land, and the land will become happy. |
| obverse 1' | ... he smote... |
| reverse 2' | If a woman gives birth to 2 females: that house will prosper. |
| obverse 14' | ...-di |
| obverse 8' | ... he will rule the land. |
| obverse 4' | ... will be scattered and will not return to its place. |
| reverse 17' | (If)... is dark: the city will be scattered and will not seize the enemy's enemy. |
| reverse 14' | ... are...: the land will dwell in peaceful abodes. |
| reverse 7' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) and 2 males (and) 1 female is missing: the land will be abandoned and the land will not prosper and the people will raise their sons for silver. |
| reverse 3' | If a woman gives birth to 3 males: the land will become confused and there will be famine. |
| obverse 5' | ... a man's death is located inside it. |
| reverse 4' | If a woman gives birth to 3 males and that land will be abandoned. |
| obverse 6' | ... of the gods, who reveres humanity, |
| obverse 3' | ... al.B. |
| reverse 6' | If a woman gives birth to 3 males and their heart is 1 and that land will be abandoned. |
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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