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Rm 2, 240 (P425011)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Rm 2, 240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425011 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 10' | If the 'paths' are two, and the upper part is red: water will prosper. |
| 7' | If the 'paths' are two and the lower part is elevated: a severe famine will fall on the army. |
| 8' | If the 'paths' are two, and the'strength' is absent. |
| 4' | If a 'foot'-mark is two and it is covered in a 'weapon'-mark: alternatively, it is a 'foot'-mark. |
| 6' | If the 'paths' are two, and the upper part is elevated: famine for the army. |
| 1' | If the 'paths' are two, their head is swollen: the king will not approach the king's allies. |
| 2' | If a 'foot'-mark is two and their middle 'finger' is raised: attack of weapons; it will bring about the defeat of your enemy. |
| 3' | If the 'paths' are two, their foundations are swollen: the king's lions will rage. |
| 9' | If the 'paths' are two, and the 'well-being' is yellow-green: your harvest and the harvest of the land will devastate. |
| 5' | If the 'paths' are two and their foundations are flattened: the king will kill a lion. |
| 11' | The troops go on a campaign and do not drink water; he will die. |
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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