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CT 27, pl. 49, K 04031 (P395367)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 27, pl. 49, K 04031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395367 |
| 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 13' | If a woman gives birth to a king and 6 times its hands and feet are on the right and on the left. |
| obverse 13 | ... the son of the haruspex, his father, seized |
| reverse 6' | ... that city will be abandoned. |
| reverse 5' | ... the land of the prince will expand |
| obverse 4 | (If) there is a mole on the liver: the people will be small. |
| reverse 10' | If a woman gives birth to a king: the king's land will widen his land; the land will dwell in quiet. |
| reverse 12' | If a woman gives birth to a king and its feet are 6: a strong enemy will attack the land and will kill the land. |
| obverse 18 | ... |
| reverse 11' | If a woman gives birth to a king and 6 fingers are in her hand: the prince's right hand will plunder the land. |
| obverse 8 | ... the great king will fall with a weapon and the death of the land will change. |
| obverse 3 | If an anomaly's horse's feet are not there: 1 its face is 2: there will be a raging lion. |
| reverse 3' | ... the breast-bone has not ceased. |
| obverse 7 | ... who is exalted, king of kings, |
| reverse 8' | If a woman gives birth to a king ditto: the men will acquire an opponent. |
| obverse 12 | If an anomaly is provided with ditto a lion's head: the king will become strong and die. |
| reverse 2' | ... hoeing |
| obverse 2 | If an anomaly is provided with a horse's face, it has two tongues and two tongues: a great king will die with the sword. |
| obverse 14 | ... he will die and the foundation of the land will be scattered. |
| reverse 9' | If a woman gives birth to a male and a female: the land will become happy. |
| obverse 5 | If an anomaly's horse's feet are swollen: wool of a lion will be present; the land will turn back to its king. |
| obverse 17 | ... n gur of barley |
| reverse 4' | ... minas. The land will be scattered. |
| reverse 14' | The prince of the land will conquer a enemy that is not his hand. |
| obverse 6 | ... like a king's bird he roars upon his people. |
| obverse 15 | ... the king's land will defeat him. |
| reverse 15' | ... there is a hole. |
| obverse 9 | If an anomaly, ditto, its ears are 1, its feet are 2, Elam will attack, and the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 16 | ... will die. |
| reverse 7' | ... mdau-disease (?) was located on the site of the 2nd (of the month) |
| obverse 1 | If an anomaly is provided with an equid like a dog: the king will become strong. |
| obverse 10 | If an anomaly, ditto, its feet are seen and are seen together: the land will become stronger than the king. |
| obverse 11 | The king will be angry and will devastate the 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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