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CT 31, pl. 24-25, 1882-05-22, 0500 (P452598)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 31, pl. 24-25, 1882-05-22, 0500 |
|---|---|
| ID | P452598 |
| 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) |
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| reverse 17' | The 29th, eponym year of... |
| obverse 16 | If the breast-bone is 2 and their base is 1: the king will have the usufruct of it.... |
| reverse 11' | If the breast-bone is two, and their heads are one and there will be famine in the land of the prince. |
| reverse 18' | If the breast-bone is located on the right:.... |
| obverse 22 | If the breast-bone of the right is two, your enemy will flee from the land. |
| reverse 9' | If the right side of the 'finger' of the lung is split: the prince will die. |
| obverse 23 | If the right side of the gall bladder is swollen: attack of the king. |
| reverse 5' | If there is a mole on the right side of the 'finger': the prince will turn into his enemy. |
| reverse 2' | If the right side of the gall bladder is split: the enemy's city in... |
| reverse 3' | If there is a mole on the right side of the gall bladder, there will be famine in the land of the prince. |
| obverse 3 | If the right side of the gall bladder....... |
| obverse 7 | The breast-bone of the right kibirru is... |
| reverse 10' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: the enemy's land will be plundered. |
| reverse 13' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder and their base is one male donkey: there will be hostility in the land of the prince. |
| obverse 19 | If the right side of the 'finger' is 2 or 3 in their head: the prince will conquer his cities. |
| reverse 15' | If the top of the right 'finger' of the lung is split: the enemy will die. |
| obverse 21 | If there is a mole on the right side of the 'finger' (or) 3 'foots' on their base, they will not enter the midst of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 14' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder and their foundations are 1 in number: there will be hostility in the land. |
| obverse 13 | If there is a mole on the right side of her lung: your land will become two. |
| reverse 8' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: the enemy's army will not come near his foundations. |
| obverse 11 | If there is a mole on the right and left side of the gall bladder: brother.... |
| obverse 15 | If there is a mole on the right and their head is one tanintu-mark for the king. |
| reverse 1' | If there is a mole on the... of the city... |
| reverse 7' | If the right side of the 'finger' of your army is 'loose': her foundations will not be firm. |
| obverse 14 | If the right side of the gall bladder is split in two: evil for... |
| reverse 6' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: the enemy will turn into a prince. |
| obverse 12 | If there is a mole on the right side of his head, he will live in the city. Watch.... |
| obverse 5 | The breast-bone which and the left....... |
| obverse 10 | The left side of the gall bladder is covered: your enemy's floods.... |
| obverse 25 | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger', your lord will stand over you.......... |
| obverse 6 | The breast-bone of the right and left....... |
| obverse 20 | If the right side of the gall bladder is 2 or 3 in their foundations and they are stricken over them: the ruler of his cities will conquer his enemies. |
| obverse 2 | If the right.... |
| obverse 24 | The breast-bone is thick. |
| obverse 4 | ... the breast-bone of the right... |
| obverse 18 | If the base of the left side of the 'finger' is 2 and their base is 1: the land will acquire floods. |
| reverse 12' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder, and their heads are one and there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 1 | If the right side of the 'finger'.... |
| obverse 9 | If the right side of the 'finger' is split: no one will die in your flood.... |
| reverse 4' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder, there will be famine in the land. |
| obverse 8 | If the breast-bone of the left side of the gall bladder....... |
| obverse 17 | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder, one king will make peace. |
| reverse 19' | ... bronze... |
| reverse 16' | If the top of the left side of the 'finger' is split: 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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