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K 09206 (P397968)
CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09206 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397968 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 17 | ... the king's son will seize his father's throne. |
| obverse 23 | ... a scepter, a scepter, will approach his city. |
| obverse 28 | ... the king's son will seize his father's throne. |
| obverse 21 | ... there will be... in the land.... |
| obverse 12 | ... is located: the queen will die in the land. |
| reverse 2' | ... an anomaly...... |
| obverse 24 | ... he will sit in his mouth(?) |
| obverse 3 | If an anomaly, ditto: its necks are 2: the king's son will seize the throne's father. |
| obverse 4 | If an anomaly has two heads and four eyes on its forehead: the king's son will seize the throne during the reign of his father. |
| obverse 11 | ... he will not die; he will raise a neck; he will take away the enemy's land with the prince. |
| obverse 6 | If an anomaly is provided with two heads on their necks and are stable: the death of the land will change. |
| reverse 3' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 27 | ... land |
| obverse 14 | ... is located on the throne: the king of his land will become stable. |
| obverse 15 | ... is located on top of a 'weapon'-mark. |
| obverse 18 | his... he smote |
| obverse 20 | ... gives birth to...: the king will seize his father's throne. |
| obverse 25 | ... to the king |
| obverse 26 | ... prince will take away the enemy land |
| obverse 9 | If an anomaly - its heads. |
| obverse 13 | ... is located on the throne: the king's son will seize his father's throne. |
| obverse 2 | If an anomaly ditto their eyes are two, the son of the king his father will die. |
| obverse 22 | ... your hand you conquer... |
| obverse 1 | If an anomaly's 2 heads are swollen: the king will conquer it with his eyes; the king will conquer it. |
| obverse 5 | If an anomaly is provided with ditto: death of the land will change. |
| obverse 10 | ... he will not acquire a neck stock; the prince will take it away from the enemy. |
| obverse 16 | ... a man's life is established. |
| obverse 19 | ............... |
| obverse 29 | ... is located on his neck: the king will kill his sons. |
| obverse 7 | If an anomaly - its heads... on the right and left are seen: the king's son will conquer it with his father. |
| obverse 8 | If an anomaly has two heads, the brother will see the brother... of the land. |
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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