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CT 31, pl. 12, Rm 2, 356 (P395268)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 31, pl. 12, Rm 2, 356 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395268 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 4 6' | ... Hand of a Man |
| obverse col 2 8 | The top of the 'finger' is thick. The lower part is elevated. |
| reverse col 4 2' | In my palace I established the name of my inscribed name. |
| reverse col 3 7' | If a man is surrounded like a lion on the right: the foundation of a man will be weakened. |
| reverse col 3 15' | If a man is surrounded by a red halo: he will recover. |
| reverse col 3 17' | If its location is located inside the'station': he will reach the highest rank. |
| reverse col 3 21' | If a man's head carries and the base of the lung is like a 'foot'-mark: the right and left 'path' is seized. |
| reverse col 3 13' | If a man is surrounded like a lion in his belly: he will die. The base of the man's foundation will be smashed and in his belly. |
| obverse col 2 2 | The left side of the 'weapon'-mark is good. |
| reverse col 3 1' | If the top of the'station' has a'station': the troops will be scattered; the enemy's troops will be scattered. |
| reverse col 3 6' | it is surrounded by a man's head: he will have the usufruct of it to the left. |
| reverse col 3 9' | She will burn a fire against a man's house. |
| reverse col 3 2' | If the top of the'station' has a'station' on the right.... |
| reverse col 3 4' | If the top of the'station' has a'station' in the middle of the 'finger': that man will die. |
| reverse col 3 10' | If a sow gives birth to a sow in front of you, a sow in front of you, |
| obverse col 2 7 | The meat is present in the ram. |
| reverse col 3 12' | If the base of the'station' is long and a 'path' rises to the right. |
| obverse col 2 5 | There is a 'weapon'-mark in the top of the left surface of the 'finger.' The 'weapon'-mark is visible. |
| reverse col 3 11' | you put a fire into a man's house. |
| reverse col 3 19' | There is a 'weapon'-mark on the left surface of the'station.' |
| reverse col 4 5' | May a woman who gives birth to a fate of life (and) a fate of life |
| reverse col 4 4' | May Nabû, scribe of the scepter, make his name good. |
| reverse col 4 3' | he shall erase, his hand shall write |
| reverse col 3 8' | If there is a mole on the... of the 'third man' like a 'foot'-mark: the wife will die. |
| reverse col 3 18' | If a Perforation is located on the top of a man's head: his fate will be diminished. |
| reverse col 3 20' | There is a 'weapon'-mark on the left surface of the'station.' |
| obverse col 2 1 | If your troops are worried, the weapon on the right is not good. |
| reverse col 3 14' | If in the'station' a man's intestines are covered in water or white water: he will die. |
| obverse col 2 6 | ... he turned into an unfavourable one. |
| reverse col 4 1' | ... for the appearance of my kingship |
| reverse col 4 7' | illness of Nabû and arru |
| obverse col 2 3 | There is a 'weapon'-mark in the top of the right surface of the 'finger' of the 'weapon.' |
| reverse col 3 5' | If the top of the'station' has a'station' on the left of the gall bladder, and that'station' will not be smashed.' |
| obverse col 2 4 | Ammi-nê turned into a favorable one |
| reverse col 3 16' | If a man is wide and is white: he will become rich. |
| reverse col 3 3' | This... is split and the lower part is elevated. |
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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