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CT 41, pl. 11, Rm 0083 (P424611)

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

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DesignationCT 41, pl. 11, Rm 0083
IDP424611
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)
27'... a man gave, the sons of the house...
23'... ewes, her lambs,...,
6'... in his body......
12'If he sees a ram: that man will become happy.
18'If a sheep in their midst is swollen: their body....
2'... a man
7'If a sheep approaches a dog: the land....
4'... a man... illness
1'... a man
22'the wrath of the god
24'... ewes... the lady of the house...
3'... a man...
15'... the rams in their halo will be seen; that halo will be scattered.
5'(If) his... is filled with...
17'If the rams in their halo are swollen: that halo will be scattered.
26'... a ewe keeps coming out, a halo...
11'(If) he sees a white sheep: there will be famine;... in the land....
14'... sheep, wool, (and) wool,
13'If rams become confused: that city will become happy.
10'... sheep he strews into a reed...
8'If a sheep approaches a dog: fate...
20'... rams, brother of the agru-priest, brother of the pure,
16'(If) he sees a sheep stall in their halo: that halo will be scattered.
25'... a ewe will be surrounded by a halo. That land will devastate his land.
28'......
9'... sheep to......
19'... rams ditto, ditto, and iltasumu-disease.
21'... he has seized... and his hand he will devastate his field.

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