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CT 28, pl. 16, K 12534 (P396262)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 28, pl. 16, K 12534 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396262 |
| 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 27 | The throne and the throne shall split apart |
| obverse 2 | ... their... are 1 mina destroyed |
| obverse 18 | If an anomaly is twice on their head and their tails: the land will dwell as if in pastures near the city. |
| obverse 32 | If an anomaly has two heads and their necks, |
| reverse 2' | ... there will be |
| obverse 26 | If an anomaly has two heads, and their feet are 8 and their feet are 2: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 7 | (If) a brother rises to the king: to Tibum, the son of the king, his father, there will be hostilities in the land. |
| obverse 41 | If an anomaly is located twofold and its king is located on his throne and is seized for two days: there will be no reconciliation in the land. |
| obverse 8 | ... before him, one before them are placed behind him. You and your enemy |
| obverse 14 | You are a kukittu-demon, you are a kukittu-demon. |
| obverse 11 | (If) there is a mole on the women's quarters of the land: a strong flood will come. |
| obverse 15 | If an anomaly - two of them - is smashed and smashed. |
| obverse 19 | If an anomaly has two heads and the report of the land will change. |
| obverse 28 | If an anomaly is 2 and their head is 1: the prince's land will dwell as if in pastures near the city. |
| reverse 1' | If a ewe gives birth to 5 (children): there will be famine in the land; the owner of the ram will die. |
| obverse 13 | If an anomaly is two, and its front is one, and its front is one, |
| obverse 38 | If an anomaly is located twofold and another is located in its mouth: the king will be killed. |
| reverse 3' | If a ewe gives birth to 6 (children), the news of the people will become hostile. |
| obverse 24 | their heads are one mountain: her king will dwell. |
| obverse 16 | ... will conquer... |
| obverse 17 | If an anomaly - two of them - will seize the flesh of the land. |
| reverse 8' | If an anomaly is provided with a lion's head: the prince's kingship will seize the throne. |
| reverse 7' | If a ewe gives birth to 10 (children): that city will become an empty wind (or): he will become an empty wind. |
| obverse 3 | ... their breasts are 1 mina evil. |
| obverse 39 | his troops... his oil and his food rations.... |
| obverse 22 | ... the land will subdue its sovereignty; there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 4 | ... their... have been seized, Tibum, the son of the king |
| obverse 10 | If an anomaly is two and their heads are one and are wide: the land will dwell in ruins. |
| obverse 1 | If an anomaly has two swollen cheeks: a son of the king, his father, will die. |
| obverse 25 | If an anomaly has two ears and it is like a pig's mouth: there will be a famine of the king of the world in the land. |
| reverse 6' | If a ewe gives birth to 9 (children), a loss. |
| obverse 29 | There will be reconciliation and reconciliation in the land. |
| obverse 9 | You will be able to smite the kukittu-vessel. |
| obverse 6 | In the first year the sons of the king were seated on the throne of their father. |
| obverse 30 | If an anomaly is 2 and their head one is 2: their necks are 2 and their belly is one. |
| obverse 34 | If an anomaly has two necks and one prince's land will expand. |
| obverse 36 | If an anomaly is 2 and their mouths are 1: the land will become happy. |
| obverse 23 | If an anomaly has two ears, and they are like a pig's. |
| obverse 20 | If an anomaly has two heads like a wall: the king of the world will make his throne last long. |
| obverse 40 | If an anomaly is located twofold and its king is located on its throne and their breasts and their tails are not good: there will be hostilities in the land. |
| reverse 5' | If a ewe gives birth to 8 (children): the king will reach the highest rank. |
| reverse 9' | Month VII, 6th day. |
| obverse 12 | If an anomaly is 2 and their head is 1: attack of the enemy, and your enemy will devastate. |
| obverse 5 | ... his father will die and his father's throne will seize him. |
| reverse 4' | If a ewe gives birth to 7 (children) and 3 deaths: 4 women. That king : that man will die. |
| obverse 35 | If an anomaly is two and its necks are not wide: its land will expand. |
| obverse 33 | their two tails, the prince's land will expand |
| obverse 31 | The land whose two rulers rule, one ruler |
| obverse 37 | If an anomaly is 2 and their breasts are 1: the land will expand. The reign of the king will become stable. |
| obverse 21 | If an anomaly - two times as if it were a snare: the fate of the land will change.... there will be : he will die. |
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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