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K 09769 (P398304)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09769 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398304 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 1 18' | If....... |
| col 2 14' | If in Nisannu (I) from 1 day... |
| col 2 12' | or in the courtyard of the house, |
| col 2 18' | He shall place it in the lap of a tablet. |
| reverse 1' | ... of 2... |
| col 2 5' | If he appoints a man in court, he will recover. |
| col 2 17' | If in Nisannu (Month I) a house |
| col 2 13' | If a man... to the house of Nisaba |
| col 2 19' | If in Nisannu (Month I) |
| col 2 4' | If a sow... |
| col 1 13' | If a man is surrounded by a halo, |
| col 2 9' | He shall place it in the lap of a tablet. |
| col 1 7' | If...... is seen in the city |
| col 2 6' | If a man's house... |
| col 2 8' | If from Nisannu (Month I)... |
| col 2 15' | He strews it in the middle of the tablets. |
| col 1 10' | The courtyard of the city will be opened. |
| col 1 8' | If a date palm emerges in the city |
| col 1 2' | ... ditto |
| col 1 3' | ... ditto |
| col 1 4' | ... ditto |
| col 1 5' | ... ditto |
| col 1 15' | If ditto.......... |
| col 2 2' | until the 30th day... |
| col 1 16' | If ditto....... |
| col 1 9' | is seen in the street and is not seen in the city. |
| col 2 3' | In the midst of the tablets, he will do... |
| col 1 12' | If the beams of the city ditto |
| col 1 14' | (If) an eclipse takes place |
| col 2 11' | If in a man's house a torch or in a ram |
| col 2 16' | If a dais in a... house |
| col 2 1' | In Nisannu (I) from the 1st day |
| col 1 1' | ... ditto |
| col 2 7' | If in the middle of a house... |
| col 1 6' | If in a city there are women, there will be famine. |
| col 1 11' | If a door (has) a tail |
| col 1 17' | If...... becomes visible |
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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