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CTN 4, 253 (P363667)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363667 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
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 21' | ... there will be |
| reverse 24' | ......... |
| obverse 15' | ... you set up...... residing in the city... |
| reverse 10' | ... The'strength' and'strength' are present. The upper part is elevated; you eat oil. |
| reverse 7' | ... small......... |
| reverse 6' | ......... |
| reverse 15' | ...... not... |
| reverse 18' | ......... |
| obverse 14' | ...... falls and... is swollen: you cannot eat... bronze |
| reverse 17' | ...... the netherworld |
| reverse 1' | ......... |
| reverse 16' | ...... in the presence of... |
| reverse 8' | ... the uh(?), the tukku-demon(?) |
| reverse 12' | ...... alternatively... |
| obverse 12' | ... he will be able to(?)... stone and stone |
| obverse 11' | ... guardian to... your land.................................... |
| reverse 20' | ......... |
| obverse 5' | ... who performs and performs... |
| obverse 13' | ... the people, the king of the land, eat... the people... |
| obverse 9' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder like a foot of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder on the left side of the gall bladder on the other side of the land will become great. |
| reverse 11' | ... I am a..., I am a..., I am a... |
| reverse 9' | ... my troops will be abandoned...... |
| reverse 2' | ......... |
| obverse 22' | ......... |
| obverse 18' | .......... a firm positive answer.... |
| reverse 4' | ...... will enter the palace |
| obverse 20' | ......... |
| obverse 21' | ......... |
| reverse 13' | ... the city........... |
| obverse 8' | If there is a mole on the... of the enemy, and a man is like a...., like a....., like a...................................................... |
| reverse 14' | ... to...... of...... |
| obverse 7' | ... the top of the niru-tree is split between the niru-tree and the horns.... the land will be destroyed, the land will be destroyed, the land will be destroyed, and the land will be destroyed. There will be a... in the tongue, alternatively... |
| obverse 2' | ......... |
| obverse 4' | ..... you go and.... |
| reverse 3' | ...... |
| obverse 16' | ... my troops...... |
| obverse 10' | ..................... |
| reverse 23' | ......... |
| obverse 19' | ............., |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 19' | ... is located and...... |
| obverse 3' | ... my utterance... |
| reverse 22' | ... they... |
| obverse 17' | You make a flour/incense-offering to its owner. |
| reverse 5' | ... the enemy will plunder my land to my land and... |
| obverse 6' | ......,...,...,...,...,..., |
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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