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CT 40, pl. 35-37, K 02700+ (P394614)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 35-37, K 02700+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P394614 |
| 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 11' | ...... day |
| reverse 7 | If a prince... a tree |
| obverse 32' | the hand of ama |
| obverse 24' | If the king a chariot and a horse |
| reverse 1 | If a prince... a chariot and he... horses |
| reverse 29' | Total... of the chariot of the god... a man... |
| obverse 31' | If a prince gives birth to a chariot and a chariot: he will die. |
| obverse 34' | Ditto by Itar of the sanctuaries, his flesh! |
| obverse 29' | in the future we will give it back in full. |
| reverse 8 | ....... |
| reverse 3 | If a prince... a chariot and a donkey... the prince will die |
| reverse 16' | ... the land |
| obverse 38' | his saggil-sarnitu-garment or his saggil-saggil-saggil-saggil-saggil-saggil-saggil |
| obverse 7' | ...-a |
| reverse 20' | .......... |
| obverse 28' | If a prince gives birth to a chariot and stands there: hand of Itar. |
| obverse 3' | ...... |
| obverse 2' | You... |
| reverse 22' | ... hears... that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 15' | If ditto.... |
| obverse 20' | If ditto and.... |
| reverse 13 | ...... |
| reverse 31' | ...... |
| obverse 12' | ...... |
| reverse 15 | ...... |
| reverse 11 | ... his.... |
| obverse 1' | If ditto... |
| obverse 19' | If ditto and.... |
| reverse 5 | If a prince... a chariot and... that year will die. |
| reverse 24' | If an eclipse... its... or its horn...: ditto. |
| obverse 4' | If ditto... that |
| obverse 5' | If ditto... that |
| obverse 17' | If ditto and to |
| obverse 37' | If a prince... a chariot and...... is captured and |
| obverse 39' | That prince will be well. |
| reverse 23' | If......: that house will be scattered. |
| reverse 25' | If he has a donkey..., he will die. |
| obverse 40' | If a prince... a chariot and a horse on the right side is smashed: he will not succeed. |
| reverse 27' | If he... a donkey..., and the people will become numerous. |
| obverse 33' | If a prince gives birth to a chariot and a chariot that stands there: hand of Itar. |
| obverse 41' | If a prince carries a chariot and a horse that stands there: |
| obverse 30' | If a prince gives birth to a chariot and sets (it) behind a chariot: he will not make a claim against him. |
| obverse 9' | ...... |
| obverse 13' | If the king... |
| reverse 26' | If a donkey... and a snare spins a chariot: the land will be destroyed. |
| reverse 32' | ... |
| reverse 28' | ... of the temple...... |
| reverse 2 | If a prince... a chariot and horses |
| obverse 26' | (If) that prince's days are long and he sees a strong 'weapon'-mark. |
| obverse 25' | If a prince takes a chariot and falls on the road from the chariot to the horses. |
| reverse 9 | If a prince... a... tree |
| reverse 10 | If a prince... |
| obverse 16' | If ditto and... |
| obverse 21' | If ditto and... |
| obverse 23' | If ditto and... |
| reverse 18' | ... a god and its appearance (?) |
| reverse 21' | ... that house will be scattered |
| reverse 19' | ... Ishtar is not favorable. |
| obverse 10' | ...... |
| obverse 8' | ......... |
| reverse 30' | ...... there are many |
| obverse 36' | (If) his days are long: death of.... |
| obverse 35' | If a prince... a chariot and.... |
| obverse 14' | If ditto...... |
| obverse 18' | If ditto and.... |
| reverse 12 | If... dies |
| obverse 6' | If ditto his |
| reverse 6 | If a prince... a chariot and... the house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 22' | If ditto and.... |
| reverse 4 | If a prince... a chariot and... a prince dies |
| obverse 27' | If a prince gives birth to a chariot and sets (it) on the right of the chariot: hand of ama. |
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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