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CT 40, pl. 27, K 11686 (P399393)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 27, K 11686 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399393 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 3? 8' | If the Scorpion goes on top of a man and... he is good. |
| col 3? 4' | If the Scorpion stands in the top of the bed of a man: illness... |
| col 3? 2' | ... his name |
| col 3? 5' | If a scorpion... on a man's throne |
| col 3? 1' | .... you do... |
| col 3? 6' | If a Scorpion flares up on a man's bed: that man will die. |
| col 3? 12' | ............... |
| col 3? 11' | ...... will see a man; he will experience famine; his (personal) god will see.... |
| col 3? 9' | If the Scorpion... and he is ill, he will recover. Whatever... in a fight.... |
| col 3? 10' | .......... |
| col 3? 3' | If the Scorpion stands in the top of the bed of a man: that man will not.... |
| col 3? 7' | If a Scorpius is located on the street and faces a man: he will die. |
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- 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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