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CT 41, pl. 15, Sm 1405 (P425898)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 41, pl. 15, Sm 1405 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425898 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse? 14' | ... a.AB.BA means : Ambar... |
| reverse? 1' | If there is a mole on the right side of the fish, and he enters a man's house: he will acquire wealth; he will acquire wealth. |
| reverse? 4' | If he sees a fish in a city: that city will acquire plunder. |
| obverse? 12' | ... in...... |
| obverse? 8' | ... on the day... |
| reverse? 5' | If he is a fisherman: he will become a lion in the quay. That city will become a lion. |
| obverse? 13' | ... sea |
| obverse? 7' | ......... |
| reverse? 7' | If he is ill for a man's house: that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse? 5' | ... the land of the evildoer... |
| reverse? 10' | If a sow rages in a man's house: attack of a man's house. |
| reverse? 2' | If a sow gives birth to a fish: that land will be irrigated. |
| obverse? 15' | ... anything... |
| reverse? 6' | If there is a mole in a god's temple: that god's temple will be abandoned. |
| obverse? 6' | ... he... |
| reverse? 8' | If he is a fish in the water: that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse? 11' | ... Au(?) |
| reverse? 9' | If the right side of the gall bladder is split in a man's house: that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse? 3' | ...... |
| obverse? 2' | ... before them |
| reverse? 3' | If a sow gives birth to a man in a man's house: that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse? 4' | ... destroyed... |
| obverse? 10' | ......... |
| obverse? 9' | ......... |
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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