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CT 40, pl. 42, 1881-07-27, 0104 (P452381)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 42, 1881-07-27, 0104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P452381 |
| 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 col 4 9' | ... they have become hostile. |
| obverse col 1 7 | ... is good |
| obverse col 1 4 | ... destroyed that city |
| reverse col 4 6' | ... whose wall is full of radiance, whose gate is seized and |
| reverse col 4 5' | ... from the city... he will conquer the city. |
| reverse col 4 4' | ... the land will see... before the gate. The land will be scattered. |
| reverse col 4 3' | ... he will conquer the city. |
| reverse col 4 7' | ....... comes out from its gate and does not see it. |
| obverse col 2 1 | You recite... |
| obverse col 2 3 | You recite... |
| obverse col 1 1 | ... he will see. The enemy will be scattered. |
| obverse col 1 6 | ................................ |
| reverse col 4 2' | .... is visible... |
| obverse col 1 3 | ... that city : that city will be abandoned. |
| obverse col 1 2 | ... he smote...: the enemy will pass by the gate and that gate will be destroyed. |
| reverse col 4 1' | ... you sweep the city. |
| reverse col 4 8' | ... and his governors will be seized. |
| obverse col 1 5 | ..... and he smote them with them. |
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- 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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