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CT 38, pl. 21 K 04041 (P395371)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 38, pl. 21 K 04041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395371 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu |
| 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 12 | If ditto and he is stricken: attack of Ningishzida. |
| reverse 4' | If a sow gives birth to a pig: there will be famine in it. |
| obverse 22 | If.................. |
| obverse 16 | If ditto and it is surrounded by a shekel: his heart will be seized. |
| obverse 15 | If ditto and he strews a bump in his mouth: that man will experience hardship. |
| obverse 17 | If ditto and he is frightened: that man will experience hardship. |
| reverse 5' | It is the 15th day that a city will be set on a height. |
| obverse 4 | If ditto and he sees a ghost: the man and woman will experience sorrow. |
| obverse 1 | If water is poured in a man's house and he strews a snake: he will die. |
| reverse 3' | ... will die. The 20th,... |
| reverse 2' | If ditto and he eats a she-goat: a great flood... on a man.... |
| obverse 13 | If ditto and his heart is exhausted and ditto: that man will die. |
| obverse 5 | If ditto and he is sick: that man will go. |
| obverse 9 | If ditto and he strews a bow: he will die. |
| reverse 1' | If ditto and he eats a qadi'u-bird: evil for a man. |
| obverse 23 | If... his arm... |
| obverse 8 | If ditto and he strews: he will die. |
| obverse 3 | If ditto and he is frightened: the king will not acquire an opponent. |
| obverse 20 | If ditto and he... his forehead.... |
| obverse 14 | If ditto and he is ill, he is seized by a man. |
| obverse 21 | If... great... |
| reverse 6' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 24 | ...-neu |
| obverse 11 | If ditto and he is stricken like a knead: he will die. |
| obverse 10 | If ditto and he is surrounded by a reed fence: Igidu (means) : Meslamtaea. |
| obverse 7 | If ditto and he is stricken like a sheep: fall and fall. |
| obverse 25 | If... passes by |
| obverse 2 | If ditto and he sees a ghost: the son will go to a man. |
| obverse 6 | If ditto and he is ill: he will die. |
| obverse 18 | If ditto and he strews a bump: that man will place his son in his mouth. |
| obverse 19 | If ditto and he sees a ghost: that man will die. |
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- 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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