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Šumma Izbu no. 5, K 09905 (P398388)
CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Šumma Izbu no. 5, K 09905 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398388 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 10' | ... is small(?) |
| obverse 10' | ... Incantation: O evil of you, your hand over the land |
| obverse 2' | ... his |
| reverse 4' | ...... |
| obverse 16' | ... he will have no rival. He will reach the right and left of his hand. |
| obverse 14' | ... the prince will not conquer a land that is not his hand. |
| reverse 3' | ... |
| obverse 6' | ... the king(?) killed his sons |
| obverse 3' | ... Huwawa |
| obverse 25' | ...... |
| obverse 11' | ... the prince, the king, passed away. |
| reverse 5' | ...... |
| reverse 8' | ... evil |
| obverse 12' | ... he shall rule the scribal art. |
| obverse 24' | ... he will conquer his enemy with weapons. |
| obverse 4' | his... |
| obverse 20' | ... a curse blew |
| reverse 7' | ... life |
| reverse 2' | ... meat(?) |
| obverse 22' | ... his enemy will recover. |
| obverse 5' | ... uduah plant(?) |
| obverse 8' | ... of beer |
| reverse 6' | ... evil(?) |
| reverse 9' | ... like |
| obverse 9' | ... evil |
| reverse 14' | ... U(?) |
| obverse 23' | ... your... |
| obverse 18' | ....... |
| obverse 19' | ....... |
| obverse 21' | ... a curse blew. |
| reverse 11' | ... the na na-gauge |
| reverse 12' | ... the na na-gauge |
| obverse 13' | The prince did not have a rival(?) |
| obverse 26' | ... his enemy... |
| obverse 7' | ... after the lord of strength he will succeed. |
| obverse 17' | ... strong... |
| reverse 13' | ... there will be |
| obverse 15' | ... he will fill it(?) |
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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