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CT 38, pl. 37-38 Rm 2, 149 (P424963)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu; CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Namburbi, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 38, pl. 37-38 Rm 2, 149 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424963 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu; CANONICAL > Magic > Varia > Namburbi |
| 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 22' | If... its left horn ditto: wind.... |
| obverse 8' | If the Scorpion's horn stands at its left: ditto. |
| obverse 3' | If the Scorpion's head ditto:....... |
| reverse 1' | reed... |
| reverse 12' | 'and a large reed hut' is placed over the man. |
| obverse 14' | If the Scorpion’s left arrow ditto: he will recover. |
| obverse 18' | If the foot of the lower 'path' stands there: ditto, he will reach the highest rank. |
| reverse 4' | You recite the incantation in front of the 'cap' of the Scorpion and a man... |
| reverse 18' | (If) in front of the 7th part of his mouth he goes down to the river and |
| obverse 9' | If the Scorpion's right horn ditto: |
| reverse 17' | the hand of his mouth to the river, and seven times he has gone out. |
| obverse 5' | If the Scorpion's right horn ditto: the year (in which) the journey is not finished. |
| obverse 12' | If the Scorpion's horn stands at its left: ditto (he will recover). |
| obverse 15' | If a scorpion strikes its right horn: ditto. |
| obverse 17' | If the foot of the lower thigh, its right thigh ditto: he will die. |
| reverse 7' | Its tail is like a lion. |
| reverse 10' | May Enlil, the exalted one, send me. |
| obverse 23' | If his... ditto....... |
| reverse 13' | Incantation formula: incantation of dispelling of a scorpion. |
| reverse 16' | (If) a man puts a tiara on his mouth and |
| reverse 6' | her weapon is like a lion. |
| obverse 7' | If the Scorpion's right horn ditto: |
| obverse 13' | If a Scorpion is located on its right side: ditto he will die. |
| reverse 14' | Its ritual: You recite this incantation over the 'cap' of the Scorpion. |
| obverse 11' | If the Scorpion's right horn ditto: |
| reverse 2' | On account of the fire he will place (them) |
| reverse 15' | For the day (of) the evil of a scorpion, |
| reverse 9' | brick and lapis lazuli in his libation |
| obverse 1' | If the Scorpion's horn ditto....... |
| reverse 3' | the lord shall be negligent... |
| obverse 21' | ... his right... ditto. |
| obverse 10' | If the Scorpion's left horn is ditto: there will be famine. |
| obverse 2' | If the Scorpion's foot ditto: his wife will be sick and....... |
| obverse 20' | If the Scorpion's horn is red : it stands in front of the Scorpion : ditto. |
| obverse 16' | If the Scorpion binds its left horn: ditto he will experience famine. |
| reverse 8' | Enlil, you have built a house, (and) you have seen it. |
| obverse 6' | If the Scorpion's left horn ditto: year 2 of the expedition... |
| reverse 11' | May the water irrigate. |
| obverse 4' | If the Scorpion's left horn ditto: year....... |
| reverse 5' | Incantation: O hero, hero, hero, |
| obverse 19' | If the feet of the Scorpion are yellow: (variant:) he will experience a famine. |
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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