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CT 40, pl. 21, Sm 0532 (P425460)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 21, Sm 0532 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425460 |
| 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 17' | (If) snakes... |
| obverse 9' | If snakes ditto and like a spear....... |
| obverse 8' | The owner of the house and the wife of the house is seated : the house is seated.... |
| obverse 19' | If... |
| obverse 7' | The money is paid completely. In the house.... |
| obverse 15' | If snakes ditto and are swollen in the field: that field. |
| obverse 12' | If it is favourable and a severe illness... |
| obverse 4' | If snakes ditto and are like a thorn: in a man's house will be seen. |
| reverse 6' | If a snake kills and....... |
| obverse 20' | If a snake... |
| obverse 18' | If...... |
| obverse 3' | ... the owner of the house... he will do. |
| obverse 10' | (If) they fall from the beams and between |
| obverse 2' | If snakes in....... |
| reverse 7' | of the journey... |
| obverse 16' | Adad will devastate; he will die. |
| obverse 6' | If snakes ditto and are like a snare and appear in a man's house... |
| reverse 2' | If a snake... |
| reverse 1' | If a snake... |
| obverse 13' | If snakes ditto and are scattered and head.... |
| obverse 11' | to go out between them... |
| reverse 4' | If a snake is killed and... |
| obverse 5' | That house will be destroyed; death. |
| obverse 14' | ... a fire. |
| reverse 5' | ... that... |
| reverse 3' | If a snake.... |
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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