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K 04008 (P395354)
CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395354 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu |
| 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 1' | If... and the mouth of a lion is located.... |
| obverse 10' | ... the great king will fall with a weapon and the fate of the land will change. |
| obverse 8' | If... his head is swollen: the king's king's king's name. |
| obverse 12' | .... a snare of a man's house |
| obverse 6' | The ugû-disease of all of it is not present. |
| obverse 2' | If... his tongue(s)...: the king will defeat his enemy in the smiting of his land. |
| obverse 4' | ... Nimma in its midst his land with weapons struck. |
| reverse 6' | If... and the tail of a lion is located: the king of Akkad will be happy. |
| reverse 12' | If... and...: he will die in the land. |
| obverse 1' | If... its four mouths....... |
| obverse 7' | If... its head... for 2 years: the enemy will seize the enemy land. |
| reverse 3' | If... and the mouth of a pig... |
| reverse 13' | If... and... is supreme(?) |
| reverse 5' | If... and...... and...... |
| reverse 4' | If... and the mouth of the south wind blows: the king will be ill. |
| reverse 7' | ... his son(?) (is) a kingship and... he will make strong(?) |
| reverse 11' | If... and... a god eats (it): Adad will devastate (it) in the land. |
| reverse 14' | If... and... is located in the land. |
| reverse 2' | If... and the mouth of a dog is located... the king will be killed. |
| reverse 9' | If... and there is a mole on the... of the pregnant women. |
| obverse 11' | ... he will die and that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 9' | ... who is assiduous towards the sun: the land will change. |
| obverse 5' | If... its head(s) are 4(?): the mouth of the enemy will not acquire an opponent. |
| reverse 10' | If... and... is located: attack of evil against the prince. |
| obverse 3' | If... its tongues are 4: its mouth is open. |
| reverse 8' | If... and there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: the fate of the land will change. The king's land will change its land. |
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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