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CT 28, pl. 11, Sm 0779 (P425585)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 28, pl. 11, Sm 0779 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425585 |
| 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 7' | ...... its tails are 3...: there will be a famine in the land. |
| obverse 2' | ... is located on its neck: the king will kill his sons. |
| obverse 3' | ... is located in its position: the king will kill his sons. |
| obverse 11' | ... 2 of his necks ditto. |
| obverse 8' | ... a prince who loves the lands, |
| reverse 1' | ... there is a supplication in gold. |
| reverse 5' | ................ |
| obverse 4' | ... is located in his tail and he will recover. |
| reverse 8' | It is the eighth tablet of a woman. |
| reverse 7' | If an anomaly has a tail: the son of the king, his father, will die. |
| reverse 4' | ... that house |
| reverse 2' | ... death of his sovereignty |
| obverse 1' | his..., his two head(?), son(?) of the king, his father(?) |
| obverse 13' | ... 3... |
| reverse 6' | ... the land eats |
| reverse 3' | ...... the king's son will seize his father's throne. |
| obverse 9' | ... kills Elam. |
| obverse 10' | ......, its horns are 6: the son of Almatu will seize the throne. |
| obverse 5' | ... he will place... on his tail and he will recover. |
| reverse 9' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 12' | ... its right horn is not present: the son of the king will seize his father's son. |
| obverse 6' | its..., its neck is 2 (and) its tail is 2: there will be famine in the land. |
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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