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CT 30, pl. 05, K 06863 (P396854)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 30, pl. 05, K 06863 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396854 |
| 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 3' | If the Well-being is located on the left side of the gall bladder: the flood will take place. |
| obverse 6' | If ditto... in the 'finger' of the lung: the enemy will fall. |
| obverse 4' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder, it is black and dark: the enemy's attack will take place and Mercury will be destroyed. |
| obverse 5' | If in the middle of the 'finger' ditto, the city's head is surrounded by a 'foot'-mark and you strew it. |
| obverse 2' | If there is a hole in the left side of the gall bladder: attack of the city. |
| obverse 11' | If there is a mole on the gall bladder: the city and its owner will conquer the enemy. |
| obverse 9' | If there is a mole on the left of the gall bladder: fall of the enemy's army; alternatively, attack of enemy troops. |
| obverse 7' | If on the right of the gall bladder there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: fall of my army; alternatively, he will die. |
| obverse 8' | If the Well-being is dark and dark: your army will be killed by god. |
| obverse 1' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: the enemy will attack the city. |
| obverse 10' | If ditto and it is black: the enemy's army will be killed by a god. |
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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