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Sm 1656 (P426031)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 1656 |
|---|---|
| ID | P426031 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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 7' | ... in the evening,... |
| reverse 5' | ... the sky, the north wind |
| obverse 3' | If in Du'uzu (Month IV) a fish rises: the land will experience famine. |
| obverse 12' | ... the mountain(?) |
| obverse 2' | If in Simanu (Month III), there will be hostilities in the land. |
| obverse 9' | If in ebtu the fisherman rises: the king's land will seize him. |
| reverse 3' | ... heaven and earth |
| obverse 5' | If in Ululu (Month VI) a fisherman rises: the king will defeat his land. |
| obverse 6' | If in Tartu (Month VII) the fisherman rises: there will be famine. |
| reverse 6' | ... the sky, the south wind |
| obverse 1' | If in Ayyaru (II) a fish rises: the king of his land will seize him. |
| obverse 11' | If in Duuzu (Month IV) a fish rises: fall of my army. |
| obverse 10' | If in abau (Month XI) a fish rises, my army will fall. |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 4' | If in Abu (Month V) a fisherman rises: the king will conquer. |
| obverse 7' | If in Arasamna (VIII) fisherman rises: the king will devastate his land. |
| reverse 4' | ... the west wind |
| reverse 2' | ... the north wind |
| obverse 8' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) there is a fisherman: there will be famine. |
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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