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K 06617 (P396683)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06617 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396683 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial; CANONICAL > Technical > Ritual texts |
| 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 13' | If ditto a copper vessel ditto (and) it is not good: in the temple of a god; he will... |
| obverse 19' | If ditto (a planet rises) of a planet of the palace and the property of a house emerges from it |
| reverse 10' | If a cloudburst appears in the west: the city.... |
| reverse 8' | ... dates, ESZA flour, DU8 flour |
| obverse 16' | If ditto (a planet rises) with copper (and) the gate(s) of the temple of Itar... and do not...: the people will die from a scorpion's attack. |
| obverse 4' | If a ram (is) an abomination of the star of the city's city: |
| reverse 2' | Its ritual: fire in bronze |
| obverse 10' | If ditto a copper vessel (and) property of the temple of a god are gathered, the god in his house.... |
| obverse 2' | If Eahhu, the house(?) has been seized... |
| obverse 18' | heart...... |
| obverse 3' | If a weapon(?)... a man’s house |
| obverse 15' | If ditto a copper kettledrum (and) the goods of the gate(s) of the temple of Itar ditto (issanakil): the enemy will approach and the wild animals. |
| reverse 4' | honey, butter,... oil |
| obverse 17' | If a copper vessel is the property of the palace he will bring the king to his feet. |
| obverse 14' | If a ram (is) the property of the temple of a god (and) a goddess to the lands a man |
| obverse 6' | (If) ditto a sheep: property of the apsû-priest of ama. |
| obverse 11' | If ditto (a mole is located) on the threshing floor(s) of the temple (and) ditto (it is) surrounded by beer: he will recover. |
| obverse 12' | If ditto (a planet) consumes property and the man in the temple of a god anything... |
| reverse 7' | ... the storehouse(?), brother and... |
| reverse 3' | You recite this incantation... to the river. |
| reverse 5' | You set up a libation bowl of juniper, juniper, (and) juniper. |
| obverse 7' | If ditto a copper statue (containing) the treasures of the Apsu, ama ditto. The king.... |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 8' | If ditto a copper reed (gloss: break) of the gods... |
| obverse 9' | If a copper ring is the property of the temple of a god... |
| reverse 9' | (If)... he is surrounded by a halo, he will fall into the river and... |
| reverse 6' | ...... not to...... |
| obverse 5' | The heart of that city is not good, the south wind blew... |
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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