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CT 31, pl. 15, K 07929 (P397381)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 31, pl. 15, K 07929 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397381 |
| 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 5' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the top of a man's head, and the 'weapon'-mark of the 'weapon'-mark of the prince. |
| obverse 14' | ... my army(?) eats a share |
| obverse 2' | If there is a mole on the top of the'station': fall of the watch. |
| obverse 18' | ... Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 9' | If a man... for a weapon... and he sees a niru-mark: he will die. |
| obverse 21' | ...... |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse 3' | If there is a mole on the top of a man's head: he will die and he will die. |
| obverse 24' | ... will conquer... |
| obverse 20' | ...... |
| reverse 3' | Tablet of Nabû-zuqup-ukin, son of Marduk-umu-iqia, the scribe. |
| reverse 1' | ... all day |
| obverse 12' | ... before my army, the field is captured. |
| obverse 8' | If a man... for a... and he sees a gall bladder: the prince will fall in battle. |
| obverse 25' | ... ditto |
| obverse 16' | ... the king will rule. |
| obverse 11' | ... the foundation(?) of the god of the city to the west |
| obverse 6' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the top of the 'weapon'-mark and it faces the upper front, the head of the evil woman. |
| obverse 13' | ... the enemy will devastate your army. |
| obverse 1' | If the'station' is located in the middle of the'station': the foundation of the'station' will be split. |
| obverse 19' | ... Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 10' | If..................... |
| obverse 15' | (If) he sees...: the enemy will approach my army. His weapons will be scattered. |
| obverse 22' | ... stand(?) |
| obverse 23' | ... stand(?) |
| obverse 17' | ... will occur in the land. |
| obverse 7' | If the top of the'station' reaches the 'weapon'-mark and a 'foot'-mark is seen on the left side of the army: the troops will be killed. |
| obverse 4' | If......: that man will die. |
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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