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OT 15 K 09824 (P398336)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OT 15 K 09824 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398336 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 12 | ...... in front of him... |
| obverse 24' | That man will experience a severe affliction and will kill. |
| obverse 15' | If ditto and a bird stands from the right side of a man to the left side of a man and its mouth is split and its body is split. |
| obverse 31' | If a bird is surrounded by a snake and it is surrounded by a snake: he will experience hardship on the right and left. |
| obverse 18' | (If) that man will die and... will be born |
| reverse 5 | If in Addaru (XII) he is ill: that man will be good. |
| obverse 25' | If ditto and a bird gives birth to anything, a man will take it to the left of the man and he will recover. |
| obverse 10' | If ditto and a bird stands from the left side of a man to the left side of a man: he will take away its... and he will recover. |
| obverse 28' | (If) he sees a evil: he will conquer. He will take to the right of the man. |
| obverse 34' | If an ebu-plant is a bird of Marduk: his body will be like dates. |
| reverse 13 | If ditto a man goes from the front of a man to the front of a man: that man will conquer. |
| obverse 23' | If ditto and a bird strikes and he stands from the right of a man to the left of a man: |
| reverse 10 | If a man is surrounded by a halo, and his face is surrounded by a fog: attack of Arabanû. |
| reverse 18 | ...-ni-U |
| obverse 7' | ... his lord will stand over him. |
| reverse 7 | If a man is seized by a bird and he sees a man: that man will die. |
| reverse 4 | If a sow gives birth to a bird: its body is red and white. |
| obverse 29' | If a bird whose nest is white as much as there is, and its body is red: the bird of Anu will die. |
| obverse 20' | (If) a man is ill: he will experience a severe illness and will come out. |
| obverse 33' | If a man is spotted in his house and a snake is seen. |
| reverse 11 | That man is with the kiln. He should eat flint, he will die. |
| obverse 11' | If ditto and a bird stands from the front of a man to the left of a man: he will die and he will recover. |
| obverse 17' | If ditto and a bird stands from the left side of the'station' to the left of the'station': his mouth will be dark and he will die. |
| obverse 30' | If a red bird is surrounded by a bird of Nergal: his eye will be good. |
| reverse 2 | If a bird is swollen and stands on a bed: the wall of the man's house will stand there. |
| reverse 8 | If a man eats a bread and a bird stands on the right and on his left: he will approach him. |
| obverse 13' | If ditto and a bird stands from the left side of a man to the left side of a man, and the left side of the man is covered. |
| obverse 22' | he will have the usufruct of the reign and the reign. That man will be killed. |
| reverse 1 | If a bird enters a man's house: that man will be killed in his house. |
| obverse 26' | If a man is seized by a man: that man will come out. He will recover. |
| obverse 27' | If a bird is surrounded by a raven: the bird of Gula will experience evil. |
| obverse 2' | ... that... is seen on the west side and emerges. |
| obverse 12' | That man will be long and he will recover. |
| obverse 35' | If a sorcery is located on the right: Itar will turn back and stand in front of a man. |
| obverse 32' | If a man approaches the house of his god and a urdu-bird to the right of a man: he will die. |
| obverse 1' | If ditto and a bird stands from the right of a man to the left of a man: he will die and he will recover. |
| obverse 21' | If the 'well-being' rises and a bird stands in the left side of the'station': he will become angry with it. |
| obverse 36' | (If) he sees a sick man and he sees an evil eye and an evil eye: he will hear his words. |
| obverse 5' | ... that man will have no opponent. |
| reverse 3 | If a bird is swollen: before a man's house he will be killed. |
| obverse 14' | That man will die and he will die. |
| obverse 19' | If ditto and a bird is located on the right side of the 'finger': he will become frightened. |
| obverse 4' | If ditto and a bird gives birth to anything and from the right of a man....... |
| reverse 6 | If a bird is swollen: the bird of Nuska will stand on a censer. |
| obverse 3' | If ditto and a bird in the back of a man's neck: from the right of a man to the left of a man... will be scattered.... |
| obverse 16' | That man will die and his family will die. |
| reverse 9 | If a man eats a bread and a bird... his..., he will take (it) as a loan. |
| obverse 8' | If ditto and a bird stands at its left: locusts will be seized. |
| obverse 6' | If ditto and a bird gives birth to anything and from the left: a man will take (it) to the right of a man; that man will recover. |
| obverse 37' | If a bird is surrounded by a halo in a black halo: a man will stand on a tree or on a wall. That man will be ill. |
| obverse 9' | ... that man 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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