Unread Atlas

Home › Tablets › P399888

CT 41, pl. 15, K 12507 (P399888)

CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets

DesignationCT 41, pl. 15, K 12507
IDP399888
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse 9... his blood...
reverse 8If a fish...
reverse 1If a fish....
obverse 8... may his life...
reverse 6......
obverse 2If the heart of the fish...
obverse 1If the heart of the fish...
obverse 7If he is a fish, his life...
obverse 6If a fish, his life...
reverse 9......
reverse 7If a fish.......
reverse 2If a fish...
obverse 5If the heart of the fish...
obverse 3If the heart of the fish...
obverse 4If he is a fish and....
reverse 3... foundation...
reverse 5... flesh...

Sources & licences

Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.