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CT 40, pl. 27, Rm 0098 (P424620)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 27, Rm 0098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424620 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 11' | If a scorpion is located on the left side of the gall bladder: hand of.... |
| obverse 8' | DU.DU means "not.... |
| obverse 10' | (If) he sees a ghost:.... |
| obverse 4' | You libate oil and beer. You recite the incantation... |
| obverse 5' | If the Scorpion's front... on the right side of ditto.... |
| obverse 15' | ... in his approach... |
| obverse 3' | If the Scorpion's face is in a yellow cloud: the left side of the moon.... |
| obverse 13' | If the Scorpion's horn at the side of the right ditto.... |
| obverse 6' | Incantation: You recite the incantation '.......' |
| obverse 14' | ......... |
| obverse 2' | You mix oil with beer.... |
| obverse 9' | If a scorpion is located on the right side of the gall bladder: hand of.... |
| obverse 7' | If the Scorpion's face is located on the left side of the gall bladder |
| obverse 1' | If the Scorpion's face is in a yellow cloud: the right hand.... |
| obverse 12' | You recite the incantation with oil. |
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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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