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Sm.975 (P432417)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm.975 |
|---|---|
| ID | P432417 |
| Museum no. | Sm.975 |
| Collection | Kuyunjik |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| 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' | If in Duuzu (Month IV), ditto (he builds) a house: that house will become poor. |
| reverse 2' | If a dead man's house is seized by an evil word: that house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 8' | If in Nisannu (Month I) a house is built: that foundation will not be firm. |
| reverse 12' | If in Abu (Month V), ditto (he builds) a house: he will become satisfied. |
| reverse 10' | If in Simanu (Month III), ditto (he builds) a house: rejoicing. |
| obverse 6' | If a man is ill in a man's house: she will die. |
| reverse 13' | If in Ululu (Month VI), ditto (he builds) a house: Itar will die from his illness. |
| reverse 14' | If in Taritu (Month VII), a house will be built. |
| obverse 5' | If a man's house is surrounded by a fog: the lady of the house will die. |
| obverse 3' | If a man is stricken in a man's house: he will die. |
| reverse 7' | If a sow gives birth to a man or a man, or he sees a man's house. |
| reverse 4' | If snakes are stricken in the body of a snake: that owner of the house will seize the word of the palace. |
| reverse 1' | If the body of a man's house is swollen: he will be killed. : he will die. |
| obverse 2' | If he is stricken in a hole: he will recover. |
| reverse 6' | If he is ill for a long time (and) he sees a red eye: that house will not prosper. |
| obverse 8' | If a man's house is covered in a wall: he will die. |
| reverse 5' | If he sees a dark spot in the evening: that house will be built. |
| obverse 7' | If a man is seen in a man's house: he will experience famine. |
| reverse 3' | If a sow takes place in the street: that house will be abandoned and its owners will be destroyed. |
| obverse 9' | If a man is stricken in a man's house, in a wall or his wife is stricken: the wife and wife will die. |
| obverse 4' | If a man is seen in a man's house: a cloudburst will be seen in the west. |
| reverse 9' | If in Iyyar (II) ditto (he fills a house): he will experience sorrow. |
Sources & licences
- 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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