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CT 28, pl. 41, 1881-02-04, 0199 (P452131)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 28, pl. 41, 1881-02-04, 0199 |
|---|---|
| ID | P452131 |
| 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 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] _dab#?_-su | ... seized him |
| 2' | [...] x-ku _igi_ | ... will see ... |
| 3' | [...] x _il2_-szi | ... raises her ... |
| 4' | [...] x-li _ug7_ | ... the people |
| 5' | [...] x _ug7_ | ... ... will die. |
| 6' | [...] _tuku_-szi | ... has ... |
| 7' | [... x]-szi | ... ... her |
| 8' | [...] x | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | _[be nundum]_ ku6#-lu2-u18-lu gar_ s,il-tu ul i-zi2#?-[ib-szu2] | If a pig is placed on a fish: guilt will not be imposed on him. |
| 2' | [1(u)] 5(disz) u 2(gesz2) 3(u) _gid2-da-mesz_-ma s,ap-ra | 15 and 220 šēdu-measures and written down. |
| 3' | _be nundum_ ku-li-lu _gar_ kib-ra _tuku_-szi | The breast-bone is thick. The 'path' has a bifurcation. |
| 4' | 1(u) 5(disz) u 2(gesz2) 3(u) _gid2-da-mesz_-ma | 15 and 220 sar, |
| 5' | _be nundum_ ku-za-zi _gar uku2_-in | The breast-bone is thick. There is a hole. |
| 6' | _ninda_ ma-'-da _nu gu7_ | He should not eat much bread. |
| 7' | _be nundum_ masz-ti _gar_ ina _{gisz}tukul gaz nundum_ ku-za-zi | The 'station' of the 'increment' is present. In the weapon, the “station' is split. |
| 8' | _be nundum_ s,i-ba-ri _gar nig2-tuku_-ma _uku2_ | If the Well-being is surrounded by a halo: wealth and wealth. |
| 9' | _disz_-it _murub4_-tim _gid2-da_-ma | the middle part is long, and |
| 10' | _be nundum sa-a gar_ ik-ka-as, _su6-mesz_-szu2 | If the Well-being is located on the right side of the Gall Bladder: he will bind his enemies. |
| 11' | ina _ugu te-mesz_-szu2 e-la-ni | on top of his feet, above |
| 12' | ina _ugu_ suq-ti-szu2 za-rat u kab-ba-rat | upon his graves he is bright and bright, |
| 13' | _be nundum szah gar_ gi-ra-nu-szu2 _nu gal2_-szi | If the Well-being is surrounded by a piglet: its reed bundles will not exist. |
| 14' | sza2 _nundum-mesz_-szu2 _an-ta_ u _ki-ta_ sze-'-ra | whose lips are high and low: |
| 15' | _su6 sig2-hi-a gar igi-min_-szu2 iz-ziz-za | a reddish color was placed on it, his eyes stood there |
| 16' | _[be] nundum# szid-mesz_ la a-ha-mesz zi-za | The breast-bone is thick. The vertebrae are not adjacent to your breast. |
| 17' | _[be] nundum# ge6 gar_ s,il-tu ul _tag4_-su | The breast-bone is present. The illness will not approach it. |
| 18' | [...] x-tu i-ma-szid-su | ... he will measure out. |
| 19' | [...] [...] x u qu-un-nu-na | ... ... and qunnuna |
| 20' | [...] _da gar_ i-te-ik-ki-ik | ... is located next to the road: he will be confused. |
| 21' | [...] _u4-mesz_-szu2 _su3-mesz_-ma | ... his days will be long and |
| 22' | [...] _en zi_-szu2 _gen-mesz_-ni | ... the lord of his life will come. |
| 23' | [...] x ina _gisz gaz_ | ... ... with a fire |
| 24' | [...] x kab-ba-ra | ... for the weak |
| 25' | [...] x ina _{gisz}tukul ra_ | ... with a weapon |
| 26' | [...] x _kalag gu7?_ | ... he will eat a strong ... |
| 27' | [...] x-su | ... his |
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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