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CT 40, pl. 44, K 03821 (P395252)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 44, K 03821 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395252 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | If a fire afflicts the king's feet in the ground: the king will make the throne last long. |
| obverse 4 | If a fire is located on the censer: the gods will devastate the heart of the gods. |
| obverse 11 | If in a man's house a man's... is swollen: attack of a man. |
| obverse 16 | If... in a house....... |
| obverse 3 | If a fire in a censer: the gods will resound the supplication of that god for the king. |
| obverse 6 | Nusku, father of the king, to Ellil |
| obverse 15 | If the earth quakes... |
| obverse 17 | ... of fire... |
| obverse 2 | If a fire takes place in a censer: the great gods will smite (means) : fear of the god to the king. |
| obverse 14 | If the earth quakes in the ground... |
| obverse 8 | If ditto and it disappears: the land will have no rival. |
| obverse 12 | If on top of the middle surface of the 'finger' there is no 'finger': the enemy will take away the 'finger.' |
| obverse 13 | If there is a mole on the right side of the 'finger':.... |
| obverse 5 | If ditto, the king's weak will become frightened and.... |
| obverse 9 | If ditto and he constantly seeks out the land: |
| obverse 10 | If a man is stricken in a man's house: the heir will die. |
| obverse 7 | If the earth quakes at the feet of the king: the land will be destroyed. |
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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