CT 40, pl. 06-07, K 06715 + (P396749)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 06-07, K 06715 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P396749 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 26 | If in a man's house... whatever... |
| obverse 30 | If ditto (a man, like) dust... |
| reverse 4' | If in the middle of that house ditto.... |
| obverse 42 | If his house is seized: that house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 10' | If a man... in that house. |
| obverse 21 | If a man is seized by an eagle: he will go and kill him. |
| obverse 18 | If a man is seized by a house: that house will be abandoned. |
| obverse 23 | If a man is seized in a man's house: that house will expand. |
| reverse 14' | If ditto the dais ditto: he will devastate or devastate... |
| obverse 10 | If in a man's house (and) dust ditto: that man will die. |
| reverse 6' | If ditto (a man), he strews a hole in the middle of a hole, or he strews a hole... |
| reverse 19' | If a wall becomes dilapidated and becomes dilapidated : his sons will become dilapidated and his heir will die in battle and his house.... |
| reverse 11' | If in a house ditto....... |
| reverse 9' | If in a house ditto....... |
| reverse 25' | If a man in that house ditto: he will live in the hand.... |
| obverse 15 | If in a man's house a storehouse is located: that house will be built. |
| obverse 2 | If a house - ditto - is dark from night: that house will be abandoned. |
| reverse 2' | If ditto in a house: ditto in.... |
| reverse 31' | If he is stricken in a halo:... |
| obverse 20 | If the wall of the house has collapsed: he will die. |
| reverse 12' | If a man, from Nisannu (Month I) to Nisannu (Month I), the 30th day. |
| obverse 28 | If he is stricken like a...: that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 35 | If a house is seized after it: the owner of the house will seize the dowry. |
| reverse 15' | If a dais makes (it) and its days... |
| obverse 33 | If a temple is broken down: the owner of the house will devastate his enemy. |
| obverse 1 | If a house whose construction is in place, that house will be abandoned. |
| obverse 29 | If ditto (a man) gives birth to many sons |
| reverse 23' | If a man builds a barasigû-vessel in a man's house: in that house... |
| reverse 21' | If a dais is located in the middle of a man's house: he will die. |
| obverse 8 | If......: the house is surrounded by a courtyard. |
| reverse 32' | It is a double-hour... |
| obverse 9 | If in a man's house he eats oil: the man's house will become rich. |
| obverse 27 | If in a man's house... anything of oxen.... |
| obverse 22 | If in a man's house a wall is located, and that owner of the house will die. |
| reverse 20' | If a dais is located on the right of the house: that house will become confused. |
| reverse 29' | If ditto (it is) surrounded by a lunar halo, or it is surrounded by a lunar halo.... |
| obverse 14 | If in a man's house a storehouse... |
| reverse 18' | If there is a mole on the dais:.... |
| obverse 4 | If a house ditto: he will die : ditto. |
| obverse 17 | If a man's house is covered with oil: he will die. |
| obverse 11 | If in a man's house he sees a ghost: ditto he will die. |
| obverse 13 | If ditto (he enters a man's house): he will enter the man's house. |
| reverse 26' | If in a house ditto: hand of a king... |
| obverse 3 | If a house is surrounded by a halo: his heart will be happy. |
| obverse 40 | If a man's house is darkened: he will die. |
| reverse 28' | (If) a man... in a bad word... |
| obverse 41 | If his house is surrounded by a ghost: that house will acquire a claim. |
| obverse 16 | If a man's house is dead: the land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 7 | If the walls of the house are very white: the owner of that house will die. |
| obverse 31 | If a man... in a man's house... anything... |
| obverse 36 | If a ghost's house all day... |
| obverse 34 | (If) he sees a house: the owner of the house will not live in his days. |
| reverse 1' | If a man's house is seized by a threshing floor:.... |
| obverse 37 | If a house whose limbs...... |
| obverse 39 | If a man's house is dark: he will die. |
| reverse 30' | (If) it is surrounded by a dais:.... |
| obverse 32 | If a man's house is seized, he will devastate the barley in the house of a man. |
| obverse 19 | If a man is seized by a house:.... |
| reverse 22' | If there is a mole on the dais: for months... |
| obverse 12 | If a man dies in a man's house: ditto (he will die). |
| obverse 6 | If a house ditto is surrounded by a black frog, it is red: the owner of that house will die. |
| reverse 16' | If a dais....... |
| reverse 3' | If a man... in a house |
| reverse 27' | If a man, from Nisannu (Month I) on the 1st day to Nisannu (Month I), on the 30th day: he will become happy. |
| reverse 7' | If a sow... |
| obverse 24 | If in a man's house... everything that.... |
| obverse 5 | If a house is red: that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 38 | If he enters a house: he will not... to the city, king, and his people. |
| obverse 25 | If in a man's house... whatever... |
| reverse 5' | If a man, from Nisannu (Month I) to the 1st day of Nisannu (I) on the 30th day. |
| reverse 17' | If the throne is thick: hand of the king of his land. |
| reverse 8' | If in a man's house he does... |
| reverse 24' | If in a house ditto, ditto:... the life of the god.... |
| reverse 13' | To that man, the foundation of his god will not be loosened. |
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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