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ISACM-A.3449 (ebl:ISACM-A.3449)
CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | ISACM-A.3449 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:ISACM-A.3449 |
| Museum no. | ISACM-A.3449 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Terrestrial > Šumma ālu |
| Find spot | Uruk |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 12' | If a woman eats a donkey and his body hurts him: that man will die and that house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 6' (seq 74) | If a horse approaches an ox: the man's house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 11' | (If) his land will be destroyed, that man will die. |
| reverse 7' (seq 75) | If a horse turns into an ox: a halo will devour the cow-pen. |
| reverse 15' (seq 65) | If a horse, his lord, eats it: that house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 9' (seq 59) | If a horse enters a man's house: it is unfavourable. |
| obverse 26 | If a donkey is seized: he will not reach a man. |
| obverse 25 | If a donkey is covered in wool: a man will eat everything. |
| obverse 28 | If he sees a donkey whose face is dark: he will see the night. |
| reverse 16' (seq 84) | ... of the Re temple, scribe. When Anu, Ellil |
| obverse 2 | ... that city a enemy will see. |
| obverse 20 | If a donkey stands in a man's house: that owner of that house will die from ill health. |
| obverse 13' | If a woman gives birth to a donkey, his owner will take a hostile land, and his wife will give. |
| reverse 11' (seq 61) | If a horse enters a man's house and either a donkey or a man has seized the owner of the house. |
| obverse 24 | If a donkey eats a leather bag in a city: that city will be destroyed. |
| obverse 8 | ... that man will die and that house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 3' | If a donkey stall is surrounded by a halo: that cattle-pen will be scattered. |
| obverse 10 | ... he will die and that house will be scattered. |
| obverse 17 | If a donkey enters a man's house and he stretches out the side of that house. |
| obverse 17' | ... gives birth and its 'heart' is sprinkling. That animal stall |
| obverse 2' | If a donkey does not pay attention to its brickwork, |
| reverse 15' (seq 83) | [...]... [...]... [...] |
| obverse 15' | If a woman gives birth to a donkey and it does not have a head: there will be hostility in the land. |
| obverse 18 | If a donkey enters a man's house and it thunders. |
| obverse 32 | ...... will die. |
| obverse 14' | If a woman gives birth to a donkey and its head is surrounded by a throne. |
| obverse 6' | If a donkey approaches an ox: fall of a small halo, variant: strong; in the city will be destroyed. |
| reverse 4' (seq 54) | ... he gave birth, and the owner of the house he shall weigh out. |
| obverse 5 | ... donkeys have become frightened. |
| obverse 4' | If a man wears a donkey: he will give it for silver. |
| obverse 14 | If a donkey has a tail on the right: that animal stall will be scattered. |
| obverse 12 | ... his... will die. |
| obverse 9 | ... his... will die. |
| reverse 2' (seq 52) | ... Idammum, lord of the words... |
| obverse 3 | ....................... |
| obverse 16 | If a donkey enters a man's house: he will die. |
| reverse 5' (seq 73) | If a horse enters a new house: a fox will enter. |
| obverse 4 | ... death in a man's house. |
| obverse 1 | ... they are constantly frightened. The city |
| obverse 6 | ... enters a man's house and he becomes frightened. |
| obverse 9' | If a woman is seized by a donkey and her body is killed: the wife of a man will die. |
| obverse 19 | If a donkey emerges from a man's house: Adad will devastate that house. |
| obverse 27 | If a donkey whose face is dark: he will see the night. |
| obverse 5' | If a donkey enters a donkey, the owner of the house will seize him. |
| reverse 3' (seq 71) | If a horse has a leather bag: a man will eat it and he will recover. |
| reverse 13' (seq 63) | If a horse enters a man's house and a woman's house has been seized, or that house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 8' (seq 76) | If a horse's body is swollen: illness will afflict the city. |
| reverse 21' | ... whose appearance is a seed, by the command of Anu and the strong he did not have |
| reverse 4' (seq 72) | If a horse is thin: a man will eat it. |
| reverse 17' (seq 67) | If a horse has a garment: a man will die. |
| reverse 2' (seq 70) | If a horse... a man eats a man's wife.... |
| obverse 31 | If a donkey in front of him.... |
| reverse 14' (seq 64) | If he enters a horse into a house and he is ill, he will recover. |
| reverse 3' (seq 53) | ... is surrounded by a halo. |
| reverse 1' (seq 51) | .... he will become angry... |
| reverse 17' (seq 85) | ... in Uruk, the temples, decisions, |
| reverse 10' (seq 78) | If a wild bull becomes visible in front of the Pleiades: the land of the city will be scattered. |
| reverse 13' (seq 81) | The Ekur-zakir, the incantation priest of Anu and Antu, my brother, of the Re temple, the scribe. |
| obverse 18' | ... before their eyes... the halo |
| obverse 16' | ...: the enemy's land will give... 2 fingers. |
| reverse 10' (seq 60) | (If) a man's house is destroyed: loss. |
| reverse 12' (seq 62) | If a horse enters a man's house and he is ill or he is ill: the owner of the house will die. |
| reverse 14' (seq 82) | When Anu, Ellil |
| reverse 5' (seq 55) | If a horse is seized and its horns or men are seized: that man will die and his house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 18' (seq 68) | ... a garment |
| obverse 23 | If a donkey eats a turban: that house will be destroyed. |
| reverse 1' (seq 69) | If a horse comes out, a man's neck eats a man's house |
| reverse 18' (seq 86) | ... the foundations of my foundations... and I established. |
| reverse 20' | ... Adad, ala and lord of the gods |
| reverse 8' (seq 58) | If a horse ditto and its skins hurt the king's house: he will die. |
| obverse 29 | If he sees a donkey (and) his ears are open: he will not reach him. |
| reverse 9' (seq 77) | Its 40 |
| obverse 21 | If a donkey eats a man's garment: a strong lord will see it. |
| reverse 6' (seq 56) | ... he was angry and his feet and feet hurt him. |
| obverse 11 | ... a man's house |
| obverse 13 | If a donkey.... |
| reverse 16' (seq 66) | If a horse comes out from a man's house: hand of Adad of the open country. |
| obverse 22 | If a donkey eats a turban: a man will go out to the ground. |
| reverse 7' (seq 57) | If a horse stands there: the fate of the land will change. |
| obverse 15 | If a donkey has a tail at its left: ditto. |
| obverse 10' | If a woman is seized by a donkey and her body is ill: she will die. |
| reverse 11' (seq 79) | (a kind of insect) |
| obverse 8' | If a woman is seized by a donkey and the men are seized: that man will be seized. |
| obverse 7 | ... his furious... approached him |
| obverse 7' | If a donkey gives birth to an ox: the baby will diminish. |
| obverse 30 | If he sees a donkey: he will not reach him. |
| obverse 1' | If he sees a donkey...: he will enter. The son of a man.... |
| reverse 12' (seq 80) | Tablet of Anu-belunu, son of Nidintu-Anu, son of Anu-belunu. |
Sources & licences
- 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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