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Sm 0074 (P425221)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 0074 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425221 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 9 | ...... to a man... |
| 4 | If a snake is swollen on the surface of the quay: he will die. |
| 12 | ... long... |
| 11 | ... will be scattered... |
| 5 | If a snake comes close to the entrance of the gate: the way of a man's house... will be long. |
| 8 | If a snake is seen on the left side of the gate of the house and goes out to the house: that house will not enter. |
| 13 | ......... |
| 3 | If a snake comes close to the entrance of the gate: that house will be destroyed. |
| 10 | ......... |
| 6 | ..................................... |
| 7 | If a snake stands on the left side of the gate and goes to the house: the owner of the house will become frightened. |
| 1 | If a snake goes out from the main gate of the street and takes the road: a house will be built. |
| 2 | If a snake is located on the left of the gate: fall of the house. |
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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