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K 07970 (P397408)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 07970 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397408 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 17' | If the flood afflicts the life in the land: the king of the world will exercise world dominion. |
| 10' | (If) he is stricken with red blood.... |
| 7' | Written according to the original and collated. |
| 6' | ...... |
| 8' | ... white... |
| 4' | If in the centre of the city... |
| 15' | If her eyes are darkened: the king.... |
| 3' | If in the centre of the city a plant.... |
| 14' | If he is ill in the gall bladder: he will die and he will become ill.... |
| 2' | If in the centre of the city a lion's face.... |
| 12' | If Kulili is seen: the heart of the land will become happy. |
| 13' | If he is stricken like a...: Ea will die. |
| 16' | If the river level becomes visible and sees a dark spot in the land: end of the reign of the land. |
| 11' | If it is yellow-green: an eclipse of Ea will take place: the land will fall. |
| 9' | ... Night... |
| 5' | If in Ululu (Month VI) a flood goes and.... |
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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