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CT 28, pl. 38, 1879-07-08, 0113 (P451842)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 28, pl. 38, 1879-07-08, 0113 |
|---|---|
| ID | P451842 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| 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) |
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| 5' | If a ewe... ditto and its tail is like a lion: the enemy's attack.... |
| 10' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its backbone is a ram, its head is a lion. |
| 14' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion: there will be death in the land; the king will die. |
| 12' | is the payment of Narm-Bel of the land. |
| 11' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with a horse's head: a lion. |
| 4' | If a ewe ditto and the tail of... is split: the land will become confused. |
| 2' | If a ewe ditto and its feet are 8: attack of an enemy. |
| 9' | If a ewe gives birth to 3 lions: the god will have mercy on the prince. |
| 6' | If a ewe ditto and its tail is like a lion: the enemy will turn the enemy's land into a wall. |
| 7' | If a ewe ditto and it is covered with a lump: the prince will have no rival. The throne will seize it and.... |
| 8' | If a ewe gives birth to 2 lions: that prince.... |
| 3' | If a ewe ditto and its tails are 2: the land will acquire another lord and will go after the lord of strength. The king.... |
| 13' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is provided with a gate: he should recover. |
| 1' | If a ewe ditto and its feet are 6: the king will reach the highest rank. |
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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