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CT 41, pl. 18-19, K 02851 + (P394714)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 41, pl. 18-19, K 02851 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P394714 |
| 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 18' | If date palms die in a garden: the land will diminish. |
| obverse 10 | If... is located...: his days will be long. |
| reverse 19' | If a date palm dies in the morning: that date palm will become poor. |
| reverse 2' | If a date palm... a woman |
| reverse 35' | If a man..... a sign and a... before the owner of the garden... |
| obverse 15 | If ditto: he will die. |
| reverse 20' | If a date palm with a juniper has swollen belly: that owner will die. |
| reverse 8' | If a date palm stands in a garden: the king will make his throne last long. |
| reverse 1' | If a date palm |
| reverse 14' | If a date palm in a garden: the man will die; the owner of the garden will exercise his sovereignty. |
| obverse 8 | If... you take good... |
| reverse 16' | If a date palm has swollen and its trunk has swollen: the owner of the house will die. |
| obverse 2 | ... is dark: he will be confused and he will be well. |
| reverse 15' | If date palms (and) thirst have risen, the lord will die. |
| obverse 27 | If ditto (a date palm) stands in a garden in the centre of the city: date palms will prosper. |
| reverse 22' | If a date palm... emerges and two heads are located on the road: that campaign will be abandoned. |
| reverse 25' | If a date palm... emerges: the son of the king will seize the throne. |
| reverse 32' | If a date palm... the king will die and the son of the king will seize the throne. |
| reverse 4' | If a date palm has swollen (and) there is a garden: the land.... |
| reverse 29' | If date palms.................. |
| obverse 7 | If... and it is located on the top of the 'finger': he will become frightened. |
| reverse 7' | If a date palm is planted in a garden and it is seen. That month, an eclipse will take place and.... |
| obverse 25 | If ditto (and) in a garden: the city (means) 9(?) : 3 chariots like 1 basket in the open and inside of the city. |
| reverse 37' | a kind of profession |
| obverse 18 | If ditto (it is located on a garden in the centre of the city): a chariot will fall in its foundation. |
| obverse 26 | If ditto (a man) stands in a garden: the city will be 10 : 2 chariots... their foundations.... |
| reverse 11' | If a date palm swollen, that city will be destroyed. |
| reverse 12' | If a date palm is surrounded by a halo and it is raining: that owner will die. |
| reverse 24' | If date palms are seen in a city: that city will become poor. |
| obverse 12 | If ditto he sees the middle surface of the 'finger' (means) : he will die. |
| obverse 13 | If ditto and the land sees : he will die. |
| reverse 13'b | If the head of the date palm rises, the land will seize |
| reverse 31' | If date palms... the gods will raise a claim over the lands. |
| obverse 14 | If ditto he builds a dais: he will become rich; his property will diminish. |
| obverse 19 | If ditto (it is surrounded by a garden): (the person) will die (or) the date palm will die. |
| reverse 23' | If date palms... are seen at the gate of the city: that gate will be destroyed with weapons. |
| obverse 4 | If...... his path is wide, among his brothers he will be well. |
| reverse 26' | If date palms... will become visible with the gods. : That city will be abandoned. |
| reverse 3' | If a date palm does not... in its place. |
| reverse 5' | (If) ditto: he will return the garden to its place. |
| obverse 16 | If ditto a garden is planted: that garden will be abandoned. |
| obverse 5 | If... his blood is long. |
| reverse 27' | If date palms... become visible: there will be hunger in the land. |
| reverse 30' | If date palms... a man's house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 23 | If ditto (and) in a garden there is a city: 7 : 5 date palms like 1 ghee: the king of that land will diminish. |
| obverse 11 | If.... he strews a liar (and) he strews a liar... |
| obverse 6 | If ditto a man ditto: that man will eat food. |
| reverse 9' | If a date palm in a garden is like a bull: the man's house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 20 | If ditto (a date palm) in a garden... a date palm... in that city will be a flood. |
| reverse 34' | If a date palm... (appears) |
| obverse 21 | If ditto (it is located on a garden) in the centre of the city: 6 date palms as 1 stand. That city will be abandoned. |
| reverse 28' | If date palms...: the king's son will die. Property of the palace will come out. The land will become happy. |
| reverse 10' | If a date palm goes to his son: the gods will have mercy on the land. |
| reverse 6' | If the date palm is red in a garden: there will be hostilities in the land. |
| reverse 21' | If a date palm that is in the middle of it has swollen lungs: the lord will become happy. |
| reverse 33' | If a date palm(?) is set (on it) and it does not have a finger |
| reverse 36' | ... all... |
| obverse 1 | If a man... a garden in the city: that man will recover. |
| obverse 24 | If ditto (a man eats a garden in a city) 8 : 4 reeds of date palms. |
| obverse 17 | If a date palm in the garden of the city (is) surrounded by a date palm at its head and it lingers: the enemy will devastate the land. |
| obverse 22 | If ditto (a man), (he will) live in a garden. (If) 6 : 7 date palms like 1 stand. |
| obverse 3 | If... that man's work is performed, that man will be plundered. |
| obverse 9 | If.......................... |
| reverse 17' | If a date palm does not have a seed: that lord will die. |
| reverse 13'a | If the date palm does not have a head: the king's reign will change. |
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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