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K 06296 + K 06799 (P396435)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06296 + K 06799 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396435 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 1' | If....... |
| obverse 1' | The coils of the colon are 1[5...]. |
| obverse 14' | If the coils of the colon... |
| reverse 10' | If the coils of the colon are swollen:...... to the army. |
| obverse 6' | If the coils of the colon are swollen(?) |
| obverse 15' | If the coils of the colon are... and are covered in...: your army will go to the enemy's land and he will die. |
| obverse 22' | ...... on the right side of the 'finger'....... |
| reverse 12' | The coils of the colon are recessed on the left. The heart of the city... |
| obverse 5' | The coils of the colon.... |
| reverse 15' | If the coils of the colon are bright in their head: the enemy will... in the city. |
| obverse 8' | The coils of the colon are like... |
| reverse 21' | The coils of the colon are 15 and the left of the gall bladder....... |
| obverse 23' | ... their.. may they smite,..... |
| reverse 23' | The coils of the colon....... |
| reverse 5' | If... is dark: he will become confused and he will become a widow. |
| reverse 7' | If... the coils of the colon are in balance: fall of... |
| reverse 18' | The coils of the colon are 15 in number. The 15th, equinox; the enemy's army in... |
| reverse 11' | If the coils of the colon are in balance: the sons... |
| obverse 25' | ......... |
| obverse 10' | If the coils of the colon |
| reverse 4' | If...... a Weapon-mark...: the enemy's troops will make a good name. |
| obverse 13' | The coils of the colon...... |
| reverse 17' | The coils of the colon are 15 in number. The left of the gall bladder is split. Your army in....... |
| obverse 20' | If... is dark: the king of the world will devastate his land and his land will be abandoned.... |
| obverse 7' | The coils of the colon to... |
| obverse 9' | The coils of the colon in.... |
| obverse 12' | The coils of the colon... the king of the world. |
| reverse 16' | If the coils of the colon are swollen: in the city....... |
| reverse 6' | If... the coils of the colon are in balance: fall of... |
| obverse 3' | The coils of the colon are 15 in number. |
| obverse 21' | If...... on the left side of the 'finger': the prince's enemy will....... |
| obverse 19' | If... is dark: my troops and enemy troops will be killed.... |
| obverse 2' | The coils of the colon... |
| reverse 19' | The coils of the colon are 15 in number and... your army. |
| obverse 4' | If the coils of the colon are 15 in number |
| obverse 11' | The coils of the colon....... |
| obverse 16' | If the coils of the colon are... and are covered in...: the enemy's army will go to my land and he will die. |
| reverse 20' | The coils of the colon are recessed and are recessed. The enemy's army.... |
| reverse 8' | If...... the palace is surrounded by a halo: the prince in his palace....... |
| obverse 17' | If.......... your troops will not be held back by the weapons, its foundations will not be firm. |
| reverse 14' | The coils of the colon are recessed on the left. In the area of the enemy... |
| reverse 3' | If... does not have a weapon: my troops will be good. |
| obverse 24' | ... the prince of the land will not return... and the world will rise. |
| obverse 18' | If......: the enemy's troops will not be confined to its foundations. |
| reverse 13' | If the coils of the colon are 15 in number: the enemy... in my place. |
| reverse 2' | If......: the enemy's army....... |
| reverse 22' | The coils of the colon are recessed.... |
| reverse 9' | ... after the setting of the coils, the prince will conquer the enemy's land in his palace... |
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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