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Sm 1000 (P425701)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 1000 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425701 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 11' | ...... |
| reverse 13' | ... hostile... |
| obverse 7' | If in the centre of the city a uppatu-plant is seen |
| obverse 10' | If in the centre of the city a sign is seen: that land will be good. |
| reverse 9' | ...... |
| obverse 9' | If he is ill in the centre of the city: the gods will have mercy on the land. |
| reverse 2' | ... has turned away |
| obverse 6' | (If) he sees a...-plant in the centre of the city: that city will be plundered. |
| reverse 1' | ... my lord(?) |
| reverse 12' | ... will be destroyed. |
| obverse 2' | That place is not good in his heart. |
| obverse 3' | If he is seen with a rainbow in the street with a chariot |
| obverse 8' | In the city, the river level is cloudy. |
| reverse 6' | ... will see.... |
| reverse 10' | ... milk |
| reverse 4' | ... there will be radiance. |
| obverse 15' | If in the middle of the city a musukkannu-tree is seen |
| obverse 12' | The king of the land will widen his understanding; the land will approach. |
| obverse 5' | If he sees a itarru-plant in the centre of the city: that city will be good. |
| reverse 5' | ... he brought about a defeat. |
| obverse 16' | The king gives |
| reverse 7' | ... there will be... |
| obverse 1' | If he sits on a throne with a reed mat: a reed mat will be seen. |
| obverse 4' | ... her wall will be destroyed. |
| obverse 13' | If in the middle of the city a ebony is seen: |
| obverse 14' | Its ritual: you recite this inscription. |
| obverse 11' | If a man is seen in the middle of a city: a scepter. |
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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