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K 05935 (P396273)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 05935 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396273 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 39' | ... of the m.. of the 'increment,' servant. |
| 25' | ... the city's right will be divided into enemy territory. |
| 26' | ... with the weapon you set up my army. If a pregnant woman a man's house |
| 51' | If the top of the 'finger' is surrounded by a 'well-being': there will be famine in the land. |
| 17' | If ditto, ditto, and the sound of the mind which is to the left of the 'finger' who dwells in the city, will be seen with the enemy's mouth. |
| 47' | (If) ditto and the land and the middle surface of the 'finger' seized: the prince will die. |
| 18' | If ditto it is surrounded by a halo at the left of the city: your right side will overwhelm the land. |
| 40' | ... will fall. |
| 41' | ... will fall. |
| 13' | If ditto, ditto and there is a mole on the right side of the city, and it emerges from the mouth of your good deeds. |
| 10' | If ditto it approaches the left side of the 'finger': the enemy will fall in a man's house. |
| 36' | ... if... eats |
| 14' | If ditto, ditto and there is a slave's family, he will seize his owner's property. |
| 29' | ...... the city will seize my right side and fall upon my property. |
| 48' | The middle of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose' from its top to the right of the mountain. |
| 5' | ... the middle of the left lung is seen: the enemy will become happy upon him. |
| 3' | ... the land will be surrounded by a mountain and he will reach the highest rank. If a man... 1 will see.... |
| 22' | ... goes and enters inside it and sits between him: he will recover. |
| 32' | ............. |
| 7' | If... and its head does not...: with the weapon of the troops... and the enemy will kill. |
| 16' | I did not remove my inscription. |
| 4' | If............................. |
| 34' | ... there will be a enemy in the ground and the enemy will come out in battle. |
| 38' | ... emerges |
| 19' | The enemy will kill my eyes. |
| 49' | Ditto: from her foundations to her head she will be sated; one of my sons will die. |
| 6' | ... the enemy will seize the city and seize the road. |
| 11' | If ditto and its foundations are flattened: the enemy will seize the enemy's army. |
| 30' | ... who enters into the earth and emerges from the earth. |
| 28' | If it is favourable, the city will change. |
| 43' | If ditto, ditto the left of the gall bladder is split: the army of the enemy will kill the king of Amurru. |
| 44' | If ditto her head is split towards the right of the gall bladder: my army. |
| 31' | ... and one city will seize in the cities of the enemy. |
| 42' | If ditto, the right is dark and dark: my troops will die. |
| 9' | If the middle of the middle 'finger' of the lung approaches the right and its base is smashed with a 'weapon'-mark: my troops will be killed. |
| 23' | ... with her, you take a wild bull from the mountain. |
| 21' | If ditto a planet rises to the right of Mercury and it is surrounded by a halo on the left of the gall bladder: a enemy will enter the city and will die. |
| 2' | ... before the prince, he will become good on his land. If the prince of the land... the lands... I will kill with weapons. |
| 50' | If ditto her base is surrounded by a great flood: the enemy's land will be scattered. |
| 12' | If ditto a planet is bright: the gods will make a rebellion against the prince's army and will seize the son of the king's father. |
| 37' | ... I will go |
| 33' | ... who listens to prayer: in a city will come out. |
| 27' | ...... if a enemy in my cities |
| 15' | If ditto, ditto and it is covered in the centre of the city: the enemy will seize and seize the wife of a man. |
| 20' | If ditto and there is a mole on the middle of the city, and it emerges from the mouth of the 'finger.' |
| 8' | If the middle of the 'finger' approaches the right, and it is covered in a 'weapon'-mark: the enemy will fall and take the enemy. |
| 24' | .................................. |
| 46' | Ditto to the left of the 'finger' of the 'finger': hand of the enemy. |
| 45' | There is a hole in the middle surface of the 'finger.' The middle of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' |
| 35' | ... barley... the sky |
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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