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K 06597 (P396666)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06597 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396666 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 7' | The breast-bone is thick. Its ritual: a prince will go wherever he wishes. |
| 4' | If the breast-bone is 2: its heads will not prosper. |
| 10' | If the Well-being is surrounded by a halo on the left: a god will eat in the land; the land will eat the land. |
| 1' | The coils of the colon are 18 in number. |
| 13' | ...... An.... |
| 14' | ... to the lord |
| 12' | If there are ill-wishers: 4 kings of the world,... lord. |
| 15' | If....... |
| 2' | If the coils of the colon are 19 in number:.... |
| 11' | If an anomaly is located on the right: the prince will die.... |
| 5' | The breast-bone is thick and is thick. |
| 3' | If the coils of the colon are 20 in number: my army will attack the enemy's land. |
| 9' | If the Well-being is surrounded by a halo: the god will eat in the land of the prince. |
| 6' | If the breast-bone is covered in sheep: the army... |
| 16' | If....... |
| 8' | If the breast-bone is located in its middle: the king's son will make a rebellion against his father. |
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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