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CT 38, pl. 21 1868-05-23, 0001 (P451783)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 38, pl. 21 1868-05-23, 0001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P451783 |
| 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 1 | If water is poured in the gate of the man's house and like a snake he cries out evil. |
| obverse 9 | If ditto and ditto a bow: ditto (he will recover). |
| obverse 13 | If ditto and ditto: his life will be long; alternatively, that man will be born. |
| obverse 2 | If ditto and like a lunar eclipse, a man will go out. |
| reverse 3' | If the head of the prince is like the head of the prince... |
| obverse 18 | If ditto and ditto: he will die. |
| reverse 2' | If like a lion's head....... |
| reverse 14' | According to the wording of the tablet(s), scribal art, |
| reverse 1' | If like a scorpion... |
| obverse 20 | If ditto and ditto: his forehead.... |
| obverse 11 | If ditto and ditto: he will recover. Ditto: Ninurta |
| reverse 18' | May AK, the scribe of all the lands, erase his name! |
| reverse 10' | If a man is seized by a rogue: he will recover. |
| reverse 17' | Whoever erases my inscribed name or writes his name, |
| obverse 19 | If ditto and ditto his side is swollen: that man will be killed in the street of his city. |
| obverse 4 | If ditto and like a wild bull he is seen. |
| obverse 16 | If ditto and ditto: his heart is seized; he will see my heart. |
| reverse 12' | Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 5 | If ditto and like a man a man goes, |
| reverse 6' | If the head of a man is swollen like a fox: that man will not... |
| reverse 4' | If the head of a man is like the head of a man: that man will see his strength. |
| obverse 17 | If ditto and ditto: that man will experience hardship. |
| obverse 15 | If ditto and ditto, his hand is swollen in his mouth: that man will become ill. |
| obverse 6 | If ditto and like a fox: a man will die. |
| obverse 14 | If ditto and ditto, he is seized by a man; he will not die. |
| reverse 15' | I wrote and collated that tablet with the help of the army. |
| reverse 11' | The 15th tablet: (If) a city is located in a meadow. |
| reverse 7' | he will speak with his commander. |
| reverse 9' | If he is stricken like a lion, he is stricken on a man... |
| reverse 8' | If a qadi bird is killed: he will be killed. |
| reverse 5' | If like a head of a dog... that man... |
| obverse 8 | If ditto and ditto (it is surrounded by a fog): ditto (it is surrounded by a fog). |
| obverse 10 | If ditto and ditto a bed is provided with a chair: the god Igidu will (then) die. |
| reverse 13' | son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, |
| reverse 16' | For my appearance in the face of my royal majesty he established the seat of my palace. |
| obverse 12 | If ditto and ditto: she will die. Ditto: Ningizida. |
| obverse 3 | If ditto and like a lion: the king will not have a rival. |
| obverse 7 | If ditto and it is like a threshing floor: fall of death. |
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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