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RA 056, 001-008 (P395416)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RA 056, 001-008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395416 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 16' | If in Sivan (III) on the day of the day the igu-demon does not stand, he will acquire property. |
| 15' | If on the 28th day 4 a harvest will be given to him. |
| 14' | If on the 26th day: that man will die : he will die. |
| 7' | If in Nisannu (Month I), on day 4, there will be no rejoicing. |
| 22' | If on the 26th day 3 of his house he is torn out. |
| 32' | If in Ululu (Month VI) on the sixth day a igu-demon does not exist |
| 4' | 'Let me live!' |
| 8' | ......... |
| 28' | If in Ululu (Month VI) the day is dark: he will not succeed. |
| 33' | The owner of the matter being sold. |
| 29' | If on the 16th day: 2 heirs will die. |
| 6' | If on the 28th day 4(?) his house is wide |
| 25' | If on the sixteenth day he will build a house in its entirety. |
| 38' | ... a god will hear his prayer. |
| 34' | If on the sixteenth day a igû-demon does not exist: he will become a brewer. |
| 9' | If on the sixteenth day a igû-demon does not pay, his heir will not rule his house. |
| 3' | If on the sixteenth day he is ill: |
| 42' | If in Arasamnu (VIII) a igû-demon rises, there will be no igû-demon. |
| 30' | If on the 26th day the 3rd day: its midst will not prosper. |
| 23' | If on the... day 4 that house is dark: he will die. |
| 18' | If on the 6th day he does not remove 3 persons: he will not raise a claim. |
| 37' | If in Tartu (Month VII), the day is dark: there will be famine. |
| 40' | If on the 26th day a man... |
| 41' | If on the 28th day... |
| 17' | If on the 6th day: |
| 36' | On the 28th day... he will go. |
| 20' | If in Duuzu on the sixth day there is no igu-demon, he will recover. |
| 27' | If on the 28th day 4 he does not set out, he will be satisfied. |
| 10' | If on the 26th day 3 he says: |
| 39' | If on the sixteenth day two to the god: happiness. |
| 11' | If on the 28th day 4 reeds are seen: he will die. |
| 26' | On the 26th day: may he set 3 aqribtu-offerings. |
| 13' | If on the sixteenth day two gods to a man |
| 43' | ... is favourable. |
| 31' | If on the 28th day: the god will become happy. |
| 2' | that man will be seized by death. |
| 12' | If in Ayyaru (II) there is no igu-demon, he will recover. |
| 35' | If on the 26th day 3(?) god does not hear his prayer |
| 1' | If in Nisannu (I) on the day of the igu'u-festival: |
| 19' | If on the 8th day: may he remove the 4 dead. |
| 24' | If in Ab (V) on the 6th day a igû-demon is swollen: happiness. |
| 5' | If on the 27th day 3(?) garments(?), he will be satisfied. |
| 21' | If on the 16th day 2 days are favourable. |
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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