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OrNS 40, 133-183, pl. 12 (P452026)
CANONICAL, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | OrNS 40, 133-183, pl. 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P452026 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL |
| 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 5' | You recite the incantation 'I want to go out' of juniper and... will live and die. |
| obverse 9' | ...... ditto: his property will be sold. Ditto: food will be consumed. |
| obverse 8' | If on the day of disappearance of the moon a snake comes close to the lower part of a man and he is stricken |
| reverse 4' | If a snake comes close to the feet of a man: the end of the day: that man will die. |
| reverse 3' | If a snake comes close to a man: that man will afflict him. |
| obverse 7' | ......................................... |
| reverse 2' | If a snake rages upon a brickwork: a man will fall. |
| obverse 10' | If a snake... in the middle of its mouth(?)... |
| obverse 3' | A well of the house of Marduk: a namhara-vessel; |
| reverse 1' | If a snake rages upon the feet of a man: hand of a slave and a slave. |
| obverse 2' | ... of the brickwork of a man has gone out |
| obverse 4' | (a kind of large container) of uabu-tree, tamarisk, innuu-plant, date palm, small container(s), ulu-tree |
| obverse 6' | If a snake enters a hole: either a libation vessel or a libation vessel will not acquire an opponent. |
| reverse 5' | Where should I buy barley? Where should I buy barley? |
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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