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K 03244 (P394896)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03244 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394896 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts |
| 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 1' | ... month... |
| obverse 23' | You set up a flour/incense-offering upon it. |
| reverse 1' | If in Addaru (XII) ditto, ditto (he fills a dais): he will be satisfied with his god. |
| obverse 18 | If... the king of the land will long days. |
| obverse 20' | You mix... juniper, juniper, juniper, juniper, white juniper, kurkurru-juniper, kamma-plant |
| edge 2 | he will give birth to a man. |
| obverse 9 | If a fire.... |
| obverse 5' | The gods... the king of the land will take away. |
| obverse 8' | If an anomaly enters a man's house: that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 26 | If a fire... in the middle watch: he will not prosper. |
| reverse 15 | If a fire rages on the king's throne: he will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 11' | If a fire is located in a man's house and it is swollen: that owner of the house will die. |
| reverse 8' | ... his evil will be released. |
| obverse 2' | ...... month... |
| reverse 4 | You fire fire like a fire in seven places. |
| obverse 5 | If a fire... is small |
| obverse 13 | (If) a fire(?)... the word(?) of the king of the gods to Enlil |
| reverse 10' | If the king takes counsel, a reign of long days. |
| reverse 7 | In front of the ritual assemblage, you sweep the incantation. |
| reverse 11 | If a fire is located on the censer of the gods: there will be reconciliation. |
| reverse 18 | to the throne of the land of the gods |
| reverse 12 | If a fire flares up in a censer: the gods will afflict the heart of the gods. |
| obverse 1 | (If) a fire... |
| obverse 24 | If... the land will eat food. |
| reverse 14 | Nusku, heir of the king, is seized by Enlil. |
| reverse 6' | ... his evil will be dissolved. |
| edge 3 | If a fire flashes in a god's temple: that god's temple will be destroyed. |
| obverse 10 | (If) a fire(?)... in(?) the palace... will be released |
| obverse 22' | stood before Ea and Asalluhi |
| obverse 2 | If a fire afflicts a city: there will be famine in that city. |
| reverse 1 | (If) a sow gives birth to a prostitute whose limbs are swollen: in front of a ritual assemblage. |
| obverse 6' | If a fire afflicts the palace: there will be famine. |
| obverse 7 | (If) a fire...... the city |
| reverse 4' | ... his evil will be released. |
| reverse 20 | If a man is seized by a dais: that man will... the king. |
| obverse 3' | ... month... |
| obverse 10' | If a fire falls on the left side of the man's house and a man's house does not eat a man's house: a man will die. |
| obverse 14' | omens, not written |
| obverse 19 | If... the gods will be angry with the lands. |
| obverse 12 | If fire(?)... the gods(?) will rage towards the king |
| obverse 28 | If a fire... like an eclipse |
| reverse 9 | (If) the evil of a fire which falls into a man's house: he will not approach a man's house. |
| obverse 21 | "If... the gods will be gathered with the land" (= EAE XVI unknown) means "favorable." |
| reverse 3' | ........ |
| reverse 9' | ... his evil... |
| reverse 8 | You recite these 7(?)... in the midst of a reed fence. |
| reverse 16 | The king's heart has swollen. |
| reverse 21 | If in Nisannu (Month I) a dais takes place: he will take (his) name. |
| obverse 13' | If all month long: fire will fall into a man's house. One will not be good. |
| obverse 7' | If a fire eats a fire in the palace of a fire: fall of the gods. |
| obverse 17' | 7 adakurru-vessels, red, for their stomach, you strew water. |
| obverse 11 | If a fire... the king will die |
| obverse 15' | Its ritual: If a fire falls in a man's house, like a fire, |
| obverse 12' | If an anomaly - in the night watch, in the morning watch, in the morning watch, in the daytime, it is not good for a man's house. |
| edge 1 | If a fire falls on a garden(?) in the heart of the city: Nisaba will devastate. |
| obverse 17 | If... of the palace, the lord will go distant. |
| reverse 10 | ..... which is not written in the rites. |
| obverse 14 | (If) a fire...: the king of the land will seize Enlil. |
| reverse 13 | If ditto a fire is located on the censer of the gods of the king: there will be abundance and he will go. |
| reverse 3 | You put... 8... meat. You place...-plants on the 7 threshing floor. |
| reverse 17 | If the throne of the land... eats a fire and builds (it) |
| obverse 4 | (If) a fire... is torn out. |
| reverse 22 | If in Ayyaru (Month I), ditto (he fills) a dais: he will take the throne. |
| obverse 25 | If... the king emerges in the wall. |
| obverse 16 | ... the king(?) of the land |
| obverse 23 | ... of the gods of the land, |
| obverse 29 | ... like ama, the enterer... is not good |
| obverse 27 | If a fire... the king's days will be long: the land will diminish. |
| obverse 21' | You set up a saû-vessel (made of) juniper, juniper, and juniper. |
| obverse 3 | ... fire(?)... will be scattered |
| reverse 5 | You pound oil. |
| obverse 9' | If an anomaly is located on the lower side of the man's house: that man will become poor. |
| obverse 4' | If a fire rises to the palace and that palace will be good. |
| obverse 19' | Adakurru-vessel for seven places: these are good reeds, cedar, juniper |
| reverse 7' | ... his evil will be released. |
| obverse 22 | If... is dark: the gods will rage against the land. |
| obverse 8 | If a fire rises in the land: the gods will be angry with that land. |
| reverse 19 | If a man is seized by a dais: that dais.... |
| reverse 2 | You place a thigh, a thigh, and a umû-plant on a ritual assemblage. |
| reverse 5' | ... his evil... |
| obverse 20 | If... the angry gods will return to the land. |
| obverse 18' | You recite the reeds in their heart. |
| reverse 6 | he smote me-erdita in the sanctuaries. |
| reverse 2' | When a man gives bread, he strews in wine(?) at the gate and he strews his... |
| obverse 6 | (If) a fire... brings water to the land. |
| obverse 30 | If a fire............. |
| obverse 15 | ... the gods... to the king of the land. |
| obverse 16' | The rent of the house of the fire is favourable. Like a litu-flour, he performs 7 'places'. |
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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