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K 09128 + K 09203 (P397926)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09128 + K 09203 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397926 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 37 | If he is ill: a horse will eat everything. |
| obverse 8' | ... his... is filled. |
| reverse 16 | If a man's garment is swollen and he is swollen: ditto. |
| reverse 7 | ...... a strong reed... and he will recover. |
| reverse 32 | If he is ill: a man will devour an ox. That man will die. |
| obverse 5' | ... he has been seized... |
| reverse 24 | If a man's garment eats a pig's flesh: the house. |
| reverse 20 | ... bread that is not drunk(?) |
| obverse 13' | If a man... on his throne.......... |
| reverse 22 | If a man's garment eats a ram: that man will recover. |
| obverse 9' | If a man... in his house(?), the great lady(?) |
| reverse 17 | If....... they become frightened, they will afflict him with a curse. |
| reverse 36 | If he is ill: a man will eat a donkey. |
| reverse 35 | If he is ill for a man: he will eat pig meat. |
| obverse 1' | If a man is seized by water in Taritu (Month VII): his hand will be seized. |
| reverse 6 | If a man is seized by a famine and he is seized by a white thigh: he will not return to his place. |
| reverse 10 | If a man is ill for a day on the day of the month: fire; a famine will occur before him. |
| obverse 16' | ... |
| obverse 14' | ...... |
| reverse 11 | If a man's garment is covered in fetters and words: |
| obverse 2' | If a man is seized in Simanu (Month III): his house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 30 | If a...-garment eats a horse's garment: the wife of a man will seize the king's land. |
| reverse 14 | If a man is seized by a man and ditto that man will be killed. |
| reverse 21 | If a man's garment eats a man's ox: that man will be killed. |
| reverse 38 | If he is ill with a man's hair: he will eat a fire in a man's house. |
| reverse 15 | If a man is seized by a thigh and a liar: ditto: he will die. |
| obverse 7' | If a man enters his limbs and an atrophied person in front of him: |
| reverse 13 | If a man... his garment and a snake ditto: end of the day. |
| reverse 31 | If a man's garment eats a lion's hair: he will die. |
| reverse 28 | If a man's garment eats a donkey: that man will experience famine in his house. |
| reverse 33 | If he is ill: the man will experience a severe illness. |
| reverse 9 | If a man is stricken on the throne and, at his right side, his hem he strews and does not strews a throne: he will not die. |
| obverse 6' | If a man is seized in his house: the rent of a man's house will increase. |
| reverse 25 | If a turban eats a man's flesh: there will be evil for him. |
| reverse 41 | If a dog eats a man's neck: ditto. |
| obverse 4' | If a man is stricken in the morning: he will devour a dog. |
| reverse 39 | If a dog eats a man's neck: he will make a famine in the land. That man will die. |
| reverse 29 | If a man's garment eats a horse's garment: that man will die. |
| reverse 45 | If a dog eats a dog's skin: illness will come out from a man's house. |
| obverse 15' | If a man... on his..... |
| reverse 2 | If a man's garment is constantly swollen and swollen: |
| reverse 43 | If a dog eats a donkey's skin: he will seize it in an unfavorable place. |
| obverse 10' | ...... if the son... |
| reverse 26 | If a man is eats a turban: the wife of a man will become ill. |
| reverse 19 | ... his (personal) god |
| reverse 1 | If a man is surrounded by a garment: he will recover. |
| reverse 3 | ...... which is not known... |
| reverse 34 | If a man is ill: he will eat meat. |
| reverse 42 | If a skin of a man is ill: he will die. |
| reverse 5 | ... its first year will not come out. |
| reverse 18 | If... is covered... |
| reverse 4 | If a man is seized by a robbery and he is ill for the upper and lower parts. |
| reverse 8 | If a man is stricken in the middle of the 'finger': ditto: he will fall in his middle. |
| obverse 3' | If a man seized a bird and makes an extispicy: an enemy will seize him. |
| reverse 23 | If a ram eats a sheep: the wife of a man will. |
| obverse 11' | If a man is seized by a mongoose: a great flood will come. |
| obverse 12' | ... years from... |
| reverse 44 | If a dog eats a horse's hair: he will recover. |
| reverse 40 | If a dog eats a sheep ram: the household(?) |
| reverse 12 | If a man - his garment is swollen and he is ill for him: he 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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