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K 09057 (P397884)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397884 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| fragment K.12180+ 11' (seq 44) | If ditto to... |
| fragment K.12180+ 37' | If ditto in front of a man a snake.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 20' (seq 53) | If ditto a man's house... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 15 | If a white field is seen in the field:.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 23' (seq 23) | ...... may he eat a prostitute. |
| fragment K.12180+ 42' | ... ditto |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 14 | ... lady, dead in a house |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 17 | If ditto of his 2 tails... |
| fragment K.12180+ 17' (seq 17) | ...... not a man |
| fragment K.9057 8 | If ditto (a woman does not...) upon a woman. |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 5 | If ditto his feet....... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 4 | ......: that house... will prosper. |
| fragment K.12180+ 19' (seq 52) | (If) he... gold in a man's house |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 10 | If ditto (a man, when walking,)....... |
| fragment K.12180+ 13' (seq 13) | ... gives birth |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 16 | ... [...]... [...]... [...] |
| fragment K.12180+ 18' (seq 18) | ... gives birth and does not place bread in his mouth. |
| fragment K.12180+ 23' (seq 56) | If ditto he goes on a pregnant woman... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 20 | If a 'qa'-mark is present in a man's house |
| fragment K.12180+ 18' (seq 51) | ... the owner of the house... |
| fragment K.12180+ 17' (seq 50) | If ditto and in the middle of.... |
| fragment K.9057 6 | If ditto it is yellow-green: in a man's house.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 39' | If ditto... in a man's house.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 31' (seq 31) | If ditto it stands at the left side of a man: that man will become distant. |
| fragment K.12180+ 29' (seq 62) | If ditto.......... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 16 | That field will be abandoned for 1 year. |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 3 | ................. |
| fragment K.12180+ 22' (seq 22) | If a snake rages upon a man. |
| fragment K.9057 22' | ... will see... |
| fragment K.12180+ 10' | his hand |
| fragment K.12180+ 12' (seq 45) | If ditto to the right.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 14' (seq 14) | ..... whose god is entrusted to him. |
| fragment K.12180+ 36' | If ditto a snake... from the street: that house will be good. |
| fragment K.12180+ 19' (seq 19) | ... that... will not prosper and that sign will be destroyed. |
| fragment K.9057 21' | ... hand |
| fragment K.12180+ 35' | If ditto (a snake)... in a man's house. |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 14 | If ditto (a man, when) he sits on the threshing floor, he will die. |
| fragment K.9057 28' | If a sow raises a finger and enters a man's house: the man's house.... |
| fragment K.9057 34' | ... fear of the god... |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 18 | ... is good, the owner of the house, the heir will be well. |
| fragment K.12180+ 32' (seq 32) | ... one, two, three, gods |
| fragment K.9057 24' | ... all the Marduk |
| fragment K.9057 31' | If he is ill, in a man's house....... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 6 | If ditto a mongoose... |
| fragment K.12180+ 27' (seq 60) | If ditto... he brings out...: that city will become happy. |
| fragment K.12180+ 14' (seq 47) | If ditto in a man's house |
| fragment K.9057 3 | If ditto, white ones appear in a man's house: the owner of the house... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 21 | If a sorcery is located in a man's house.... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 25 | If a snake... in a table: he will recover. |
| fragment K.12180+ 26' (seq 26) | If ditto a man's bed stands on the bed: the wife of a man will experience illness. |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 19 | ... built a house |
| fragment K.12180+ 40' | If ditto in a man's house.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 38' | If ditto... good.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 20' (seq 20) | ... seized |
| fragment K.12180+ 21' (seq 21) | ... seized |
| fragment K.12180+ 45' | ... there will be |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 1 | If a pig... on top of a man.... |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 7 | If ditto he opens a house in the path of the house: |
| fragment K.9057 27' | ... is seen in a man's house |
| fragment K.9057 2 | A man's house...... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 19 | If there is a mole in a man's house.... |
| fragment K.9057 30' | If a sow gives birth to a man's house: he will recover. |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 12 | If ditto he falls upon a man and.... |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 9 | If ditto (a man, when walking,) he opens the house. |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 2 | ... his land |
| fragment K.9057 36' | ... he will build a man's house... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 11 | The days... will be long. |
| fragment K.9057 7 (seq 7) | ... before |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 7 | owner of the house... his land. |
| fragment K.12180+ 25' (seq 25) | If ditto he stands on a man: that man will be sick. |
| fragment K.9057 29' | If a pig whose feet are pointed in a man's house: after the house.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 27' (seq 27) | If ditto a man, he will die from illness; his lord will stand over him. |
| fragment K.12180+ 13' (seq 46) | If ditto to the left....... |
| fragment K.12180+ 15' (seq 48) | If ditto a man's body... |
| fragment K.12180+ 29' (seq 29) | If ditto a man is stricken in the rear of a man: he will die. |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 11 | If ditto (a man) opens up in an arahhu-vessel: a house will be scattered. |
| fragment K.9057 25' | ...... |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 10 | ... house |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 5 | If ditto he sees a man in a house:.... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 1 | ... is well. |
| fragment K.12180+ 22' (seq 55) | If a mongoose comes close to the bed: illness.... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 8 | ... that house... and you will live. |
| fragment K.9057 33' | If a man is seized in his house:.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 31' (seq 64) | If ditto a snake in a man's house.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 33' (seq 66) | If ditto (a man's house) and...... into a man's house: |
| fragment K.12180+ 28' (seq 28) | If a woman puts a woman in front of a man and a man stands... against his owner. |
| fragment K.9057 5 (seq 5) | ... the lord |
| fragment K.12180+ 43' | ... born |
| fragment K.12180+ 11' (seq 11) | ... eat share |
| fragment K.9057 9 | If ditto upon a man... |
| fragment K.9057 35' | ... in a man's house...... |
| fragment K.12180+ 24' (seq 24) | If ditto a man stands in the table of a man's house. |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 18 | is seen in the field. |
| fragment K.12180+ 16' (seq 49) | If ditto (a man) stands at the head of a man.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 30' (seq 30) | If ditto a man is seized by a man: that man will experience good fortune. |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 12 | If ditto a house is opened in... |
| fragment K.9057 26' | ... in a house |
| fragment K.9057 32' | That house will be built. |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 24 | If a snake... on the throne of a man.... |
| fragment K.9057 5 (seq 38) | If ditto he sees a man's house: the owner of the house... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 13 | If ditto (a man) enters into his body: that man will die. |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 4 | If ditto (a man's house) is small: he... |
| fragment K.12180+ 16' (seq 16) | ... that man will not become ill. |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 3 | If he is ill: in a man's house he will see a ghost. |
| fragment K.9057 10 | ... barley... |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 22 | If he sees a snake in a man's house.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 25' (seq 58) | If a mongoose gives birth to a incantation at the main gate: the city will be scattered. |
| fragment K.12180+ 41' | ... the house... ditto |
| fragment K.12180+ 44' | ... eats bread |
| fragment K.12180+ 9' | ...... |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 2 | : a man :... |
| fragment K.12180+ 30' (seq 63) | If a mongoose... in a man's house |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 15 | ... came out to the gate. That is good. |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 6 | If ditto (he sees a ghost) in a new house: he will die.... |
| fragment K.9057 4 | If ditto (it is red) in a man's house: the owner of the house.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 28' (seq 61) | If ditto... enters a city: that city.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 12' (seq 12) | .... he will conquer his army. |
| fragment K.12180+ 21' (seq 54) | If ditto... on top of a man.... |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 13 | ... in a man's house they will be seized. |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 8 | Now, the house |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 23 | If a sow gives birth to a man in a chair.... |
| fragment K.12180+ 15' (seq 15) | ..... lord of his words |
| fragment K.12180+ col 3 9 | If ditto (a man, when walking,)....... |
| fragment K.12180+ 32' (seq 65) | If ditto (a man's house)....... |
| fragment K.12180+ 24' (seq 57) | If a woman is surrounded by a halo....... |
| fragment K.9057 1 | If a snake... |
| fragment K.9057 col 4 17 | ... will enter the house. |
| fragment K.12180+ 26' (seq 59) | ...... rain... that city: there will be famine and famine. |
| fragment K.12180+ 33' (seq 33) | ... that.. in evil |
| fragment K.12180+ 34' | If....... |
| fragment K.9057 7 (seq 40) | If ditto on top of a woman |
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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