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K 03626 + K 13365 + K 14191 (P395130)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03626 + K 13365 + K 14191 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395130 |
| 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 | ... faithfully(?) |
| obverse 7' | If the 7 birds come out to the king's throne: he will not go out; he will not make a rebellion. |
| obverse 1' | If ditto and...... and....... |
| reverse 7 | the enemy will descend to the east. |
| reverse 12 | If a urdu-bird is swollen and falls from its mouth: he will die. |
| reverse 6 | If a urdu-bird and a pigeon stand together together: he will be seized and seized. |
| reverse 9 | (and) the enemy's weapons against the weapons of the king of the brothers |
| reverse 14 | If a bird is killed by a bird and it reaches the king: two men will be killed with each other. |
| obverse 5' | If ditto and he raises my head and he... the aratu-tree(?),... the heavens(?) are full of abundance |
| reverse 16 | If a bird... the son of a haruspex will die and |
| reverse 3 | (If) there is a mole in the palace and the chief of the magnates his brothers will die with a weapon. |
| reverse 10 | If a urdu-bird and a ama-bird are in balance: they will be frightened and they will fall into the presence of the king. |
| obverse 9' | If a pigeon is swollen and he cries out the ground: in that month, ama will make an eclipse. |
| obverse 3' | If ditto and he is ill and...: the army(?) will approach the enemy. |
| obverse 2' | If ditto and...... and...... the land(?) |
| obverse 10' | If a urdû-bird eats a nest in the palace: the king will die and the palace will be destroyed. |
| reverse 13 | The king will not reach where he wishes. |
| obverse 6' | If a pigeon gives birth to sphinxes: my troops will fall in the steppe. |
| reverse 4 | If a urdu-bird is red: he will enter the palace and he will fall into the presence of the king. |
| reverse 2 | If a urdu-bird enters the palace and(?) stands in front of the king's mouth and his...s clean and emerges. |
| reverse 11 | (If) troops and troops are captured: he will die. |
| obverse 4' | If ditto and he raises a... and a thigh... the strong(?) troops(?) |
| reverse 17 | ...... |
| reverse 15 | ... the land |
| reverse 8 | If a urdu-bird and a ama-bird come out together and kills a urdu-bird |
| reverse 5 | (If) a enemy emerges: an enemy will seize the enemy, and the king will come out and seize the king's son, who is appointed to kingship. |
| reverse 1 | If a urdu-bird enters the palace and appears in the west: a strong enemy will attack the land, and the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 11' | If a urdnu-bird is in the palace: there will be roars. |
| obverse 8' | If a urdu-bird is a bird, and he is seized and the gate(s) are broken: in that month, the moon will place an eclipse |
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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