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CT 40, pl. 41, K 04038 (P395368)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 41, K 04038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395368 |
| 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 15 | If it is surrounded by a halo:... will fall. |
| reverse 17' | The 14th is a nishu-disease.... |
| obverse 7 | If an ox catches a wild bull in a city: he will not succeed. |
| reverse 9' | If he is a ghost, a man... the house.... |
| obverse 18 | If a lion enters the city.... |
| obverse 1 | If a wild bull is seen in front of the Pleiades: the enemy's land will be scattered. |
| obverse 11 | If a storm enters the city: the enemy will devastate the city. |
| reverse 15' | If a sorcerer rages in a man's house: he will receive him. |
| obverse 8 | If a wild bull appears in front of the Pleiades: attack of Ashur. |
| reverse 3' | If a man is stricken with his hands and the veins from the right of a man to the left of a man.... |
| reverse 6' | If a man... in the palace: the king will die. |
| obverse 19 | If a lion... inside the city.... |
| reverse 16' | If he sees a dog: he will die... |
| obverse 4 | If a wind blows in the place of the city:.... |
| reverse 1' | If a man or a woman... in a house: that man will die. |
| reverse 14' | If a sorcery flares up on a man's throne: that man will experience a loss. |
| reverse 12' | If a sorcery gives birth to a man on a bed and that man... the king his land.... |
| reverse 7' | If a man is stricken in the meadow of the city: he will die. |
| reverse 13' | If there is a mole on the bed, a man will be seized by.... |
| obverse 5 | If a wind enters the cows and the storm blows with them: good. |
| obverse 2 | If a wild bull enters the city: that city will be destroyed. |
| obverse 6 | If at that time he opened, he has gone, he shall not be satisfied. |
| reverse 11' | If a sorcery gives birth to a man in a man's house : that house will acquire wealth.... |
| obverse 17 | If a lion stands in front of the Pleiades... |
| reverse 5' | If the veins of the colon are visible in the palace: that palace will become happy. |
| obverse 10 | If a cloudburst enters the city: the enemy will attack the city. |
| reverse 2' | ........ he fills up a house.... that illness will recover. |
| obverse 13 | (If) an anomaly emerges and it does not appear: |
| obverse 12 | If a ewe gives birth to a lion in the city whose wall is surrounded by an arrow, and |
| reverse 10' | If a sorcery appears in a man's house: the god will have mercy on her. |
| reverse 4' | If a man is seen in a god's temple: that god will die. |
| obverse 16 | If a lion stands in front of an arrow.... |
| reverse 8' | If there is a mole in a man's house: hand of the god of his city; the owner of that house and the lady will be satisfied. |
| obverse 9 | If a cloudburst in front of a Weapon: the enemy.... |
| obverse 14 | The people of the city are frightened and that city will be abandoned and its intestines will be dispersed. |
| obverse 3 | If a wild bull rages at the side of a city: that city will devour. |
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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