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BM 099078 (P422118)
CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu, Neo-Babylonian, Nineveh · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 099078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422118 |
| Museum no. | BM 099078 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 4' | If an anomaly's upper part is not large: the land will become a king of the land. |
| obverse 20' | If an anomaly - its neck flies in the front of its belly and its horns flies in its mouth: that land will eat its property. |
| reverse 7' | ... king will give birth to... |
| obverse 2' | If an anomaly - its left... is seized and its palace.... |
| obverse 18' | If an anomaly is provided with an arrow's neck: the prince will reach the floods and do what he says. |
| reverse 4' | ... he will seize his father's throne. |
| obverse 3' | ... which is not present,... your word.... |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse 26' | ... the king of the throne, his father, |
| obverse 9' | If an anomaly - its left is 4 and it has a bump on its right: restitution... |
| obverse 22' | If an anomaly - its neck is split between its branches: the land will experience a strong flood. |
| obverse 15' | If an anomaly is provided with a lion's head: the land will be abandoned. |
| obverse 7' | If an anomaly, its upper part is elevated: the land of the prince will change the land. |
| reverse 8' | ... you crush... with the enemy. |
| obverse 1' | ..., may... be restored. |
| obverse 16' | If an anomaly's flesh emerges on its head: hunger will afflict the land. |
| reverse 10' | ... the throne of his father |
| obverse 14' | If an anomaly is provided with lion's hands: the prince will be strong and his land will become stable. |
| reverse 14' | ... is well. Narm-Bel |
| reverse 12' | ......: that animal stall will be scattered. |
| reverse 1' | ... she has... |
| obverse 8' | If an anomaly's neck is 4... the land.... |
| reverse 9' | ... who raises... as many as there are. |
| reverse 5' | ... the king, his father, turned away |
| reverse 3' | ... fear |
| obverse 12' | If an anomaly is provided with the left side of the lion's head: attack of.... |
| obverse 5' | If an anomaly's lower part is not large: the land will be seized. |
| obverse 6' | If an anomaly's upper and lower part is not present.... |
| reverse 6' | ... will give birth to the king, his father. |
| obverse 11' | If an anomaly is provided with the right horn of a lion's face:.... |
| obverse 21' | If an anomaly - its neck is pointed in the front of its belly and its eyes are swollen: the son of the king his father will die. |
| obverse 10' | If an anomaly's left is 4 and it has a bump in its left: recitation of mallet... |
| obverse 27' | ... is located and |
| obverse 24' | (If) there are..., the prince will die and his son will seize the throne. |
| reverse 13' | ... the man will die |
| obverse 23' | ..., beloved of the prince, |
| reverse 11' | ... a distant land |
| obverse 19' | If an anomaly - its neck is...: the prince will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 13' | If an anomaly - its flesh emerges, the days of the prince... |
| obverse 25' | ... his saliva.... |
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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