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CT 27, pl. 39, Sm 1906 (P396416)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 27, pl. 39, Sm 1906 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396416 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 15' | ......: he will come out. Ditto. |
| 24' | ... emerges...: the land will become hostile. The prince... |
| 6' | If an anomaly's tongue's mouth is full of Nergal.... |
| 8' | If an anomaly - its tongue is long and its nairu-disease is covered by the mouth of the king's land.... |
| 28' | ... his slander... |
| 3' | If an anomaly's tongue is located on its mouth: the prince's palace will be destroyed.... |
| 14' | If an anomaly's tongue is curled in his sleep and emerges from the upper part: he will recover. |
| 17' | ... who is pregnant, prince to the land... |
| 16' | ... emerges. Ditto. |
| 4' | If an anomaly's tongue is short: the prince's palace will be destroyed.... |
| 19' | ... and in his mouth...... |
| 27' | ... the mouth of the king and the mouth of the land... |
| 23' | ... its horn which is left on the left... the ruler of the land... |
| 26' | ... his great princes to... |
| 18' | ... the moon was 1° 50'; it was bright (and) high, it came close to the prince... |
| 1' | ......... his land ditto: in the house...... |
| 25' | ... and emerges to the right. The prince is well... |
| 5' | If an anomaly's tongue approaches its nose and.... |
| 7' | If an anomaly's tongue is long and its lower part is elevated: the prince's reign will be favourable. |
| 2' | If an anomaly's tongue is located on its mouth: the king will be confined to his palace. |
| 10' | If an anomaly's tongue is swollen: the prince's land will not dwell in his mouth. |
| 9' | If an anomaly - its tongue is long and its tail is short: the land will conquer.... |
| 12' | If an anomaly's tongue is seized by its nose and is located on its nose: the prince's army will rage in his palace. |
| 11' | If an anomaly - its tongue is long and is swollen in its thighs: the prince's land will devastate him. |
| 22' | ... its horn, which is on the right, is faint: the land will become poor; the prince... |
| 20' | ... emerges. Ditto: the son of the king, his father.... |
| 13' | If an anomaly's tongue is swollen in its thighs and it is swollen in its mouth: the enemy will seize my city. |
| 29' | his... he will take away |
| 21' | ... she is pregnant; in her neck she emerges... |
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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