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CT 40, pl. 19, K 09170 + (P397948)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 19, K 09170 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P397948 |
| 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 14' | If ditto (a man is seen) at the gate of the moon: the bed... |
| obverse 20' | ... of the... of the house that appears,... |
| obverse 24' | ... (gloss: new break) |
| obverse 17' | ... the head of the mouth of that house... |
| obverse 35' | ...... before...... |
| reverse 7' | ... beer before that house: a slave... |
| obverse 32' | ... appeared in the middle of the... arrow |
| reverse 4' | ... of the son, before the son of the house, dead...... |
| obverse 21' | ... my utterance |
| obverse 10' | If ditto... behind.... |
| reverse 5' | ... beer in front of the... of the house, written in the word of the palace... |
| obverse 22' | ... are surrounded by a lunar halo, |
| reverse 8' | .... before.... |
| obverse 30' | ... has seen.... |
| reverse 3' | ...... before the house... |
| obverse 7' | If ditto in the morning... |
| obverse 8' | If ditto in front of.... |
| obverse 5' | If ditto in the house |
| obverse 6' | If ditto in the house |
| reverse 15' | If the 6 thighs....... |
| obverse 23' | ......: that house will... his mistress. |
| reverse 11' | If ditto... in the wall.... |
| obverse 4' | If ditto (a man, when walking,)... |
| obverse 29' | ...-pai |
| obverse 39' | ... before the lady... |
| reverse 13' | If ditto... in the street:... |
| obverse 11' | If ditto... a foundation.... |
| reverse 12' | If a thigh... |
| obverse 18' | .............. |
| obverse 13' | If ditto (a man's house) is seen in front of a man's house.... |
| reverse 14' | If ditto, where beer....... |
| obverse 25' | ... the barley will become visible; it will die in its midst.... |
| obverse 1' | ... in... |
| obverse 40' | ... before BIR-ah, the house |
| obverse 28' | ... before the house |
| reverse 10' | ... in...... |
| reverse 6' | ... in front of... |
| reverse 9' | ...... before...... |
| obverse 2' | If ditto....... |
| obverse 37' | ... chair of a man, before the house |
| obverse 34' | ... on the base of a man's bed... |
| reverse 1' | ... before... |
| obverse 15' | If ditto (a man is seen) in the middle of the 'finger' of the 'finger': that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 36' | ... stands...... |
| obverse 12' | If ditto (a planet appears) in the evening: that... |
| obverse 27' | ............... |
| obverse 19' | ... in front of... |
| obverse 3' | If ditto in a house.... |
| obverse 16' | ... on the right of the door of the 'finger' the owner of the house to...... |
| obverse 38' | ... a man's bed before a lady... |
| obverse 33' | ...... a... bow |
| obverse 31' | ... in front of a... tree |
| obverse 26' | ... the house will be abandoned; the cattle and.... |
| obverse 9' | If ditto in the middle of.... |
| reverse 2' | ......... |
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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