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K 09068 (P397890)
CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397890 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 9' | ......... |
| 11' | ...... ditto... |
| 2' | (and) the enemy will seize Dr-Tu. |
| 6' | King's land : troops... her gods will die. |
| 7' | If he gives birth to a pig and.... |
| 1' | If he gives birth to a pig and... |
| 4' | The enemy will conquer the land of its gods. |
| 5' | If he gives birth to a nanny and... on his forehead:... |
| 3' | If he gives birth to a nanny and... in his... |
| 8' | ... he will seize the throne. |
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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