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CT 40, pl. 41, 1879-07-08, 0128 (P451846)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 41, 1879-07-08, 0128 |
|---|---|
| ID | P451846 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| 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 4 | If a wild bull enters the city : that city will be destroyed. |
| obverse 1' | If a donkey.... |
| obverse 2' | ... |
| reverse 1 | If a wild bull is seen at the front of the gate: the enemy will devour the city. |
| reverse 12 | ... |
| reverse 11 | ... in front of... he approached the city.... |
| reverse 5 | If a wild bull enters a ox and he sees them: the heavens will be good. |
| reverse 7 | If a wild bull enters a man's house: he will become good. |
| obverse 9' | If a horse enters a new house: a fox will enter. |
| reverse 10 | If a wild bull appears in front of the gate: the enemy will devastate that city and the gate.... |
| reverse 9 | (If) a wild bull appears in front of the gate: he will die. |
| obverse 4' | If he is a horse, his lord... |
| obverse 6' | If a horse... a garment: a man.... |
| reverse 8 | If an ox catches a wild bull in a city: it will not prosper. |
| reverse 13 | ... is seen... |
| obverse 3' | If a horse....... |
| obverse 5' | If a horse in a man's house.... |
| reverse 2 | If a wild bull rages in front of the gate: the enemy will fall. |
| obverse 10' | If a horse approaches an ox: the man's house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 7' | If a horse eats a garment: a man.... |
| reverse 3 | If a wild bull is darkened before the gate. |
| obverse 8' | If a horse eats a leather bag:... will die. |
| reverse 6 | If at that time he has opened, he shall go and not be good. |
| obverse 11' | If he has a horse (and) her donkey, or he is ill, he will die. |
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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