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K 12982 (P400152)
CANONICAL > Divination > Diviner’s manual, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 12982 |
|---|---|
| ID | P400152 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Diviner’s manual |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 2' | .......................... |
| 5' | ... emerges.... |
| 7' | If a kushuru-plant is scattered in the steppe: |
| 3' | He will lay the foundations of his feet on his left shoulder, and he will see him in the city and his city. |
| 10' | If a city's sins are like a flood. |
| 8' | If the 'well-being' of his mouth is split with the man. |
| 6' | ... his mouth.... if like a bird, his tongue is present. |
| 4' | his mouth. If his words come out |
| 11' | The king of the land will keep watch over the great cult centers. |
| 9' | If he is stricken in the centre of the temples: |
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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