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K 01808 + K 03667 (P394080)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 1. Isru; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 01808 + K 03667 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394080 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 1. Isru; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| 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 2' 11' | The mouth of the prostitute is swollen. : If it is swollen: |
| reverse col 2' 12' | It is a kukudurru-vessel, a sarqatu-vessel, and a foundation. |
| reverse col 2' 17' | If there is a mole on the right, it is bright for you. |
| reverse col 2' 10' | ... the barley of his house will fall, the king will name it. |
| reverse col 2' 7' | If there is a mole on the threshing floor, a reed-bed, a reed-bed, and |
| reverse col 2' 5' | ... great |
| obverse col 1' 21 | ... all |
| obverse col 1' 13 | ... the vertebrae are recessed. The vertebrae are their names. |
| obverse col 1' 9 | ... saqû-offerings, great talent, illness in the land. |
| reverse col 2' 18' | If the north wind blows on the right, they will go before you. |
| obverse col 1' 5 | If there is a mole on the left side of his..., a prince will be killed in his city. |
| obverse col 1' 8 | ... saqi-offering, great talent, heir of the king, not...; |
| reverse col 2' 8' | ... and their........ |
| obverse col 1' 22 | ... |
| reverse col 2' 2' | ... they will bring... on his right. |
| reverse col 2' 4' | ... his right... :/kur, his left... as if he had brought... |
| obverse col 1' 16 | ... will rage. |
| obverse col 1' 1 | (If) it is the name of a king: he will raise his throne. |
| obverse col 1' 2 | Its second line is: its name is "the sceptre"; it is not a sceptre, it is not gold, it is an offering. |
| obverse col 1' 19 | ... from |
| obverse col 1' 7 | ... son of the king, with servants of the king, he will be responsible for... year. |
| obverse col 1' 10 | ... built... before you |
| reverse col 2' 14' | 'There is a hole in the right side of the 'finger' on your face.' |
| reverse col 2' 13' | ... sarqatu-disease |
| obverse col 1' 17 | ...-tu |
| obverse col 1' 11 | ... the work, before you... |
| reverse col 2' 19' | ... the right side of the gall bladder came before them and then he went before them. |
| reverse col 2' 15' | The right side is bright. In the evening, speak! |
| obverse col 1' 3 | If on the right of the kursinnu, there is a black... of my servants: the enemy will kill the one of the servants. |
| obverse col 1' 4 | If there is a mole on the right side, the enemy will seize the wall. |
| obverse col 1' 20 | ... 6 times |
| obverse col 1' 23 | ... tail |
| reverse col 2' 6' | The... of the kapartu (temple) |
| obverse col 1' 12 | ... your... is surrounded by a yellow-green ox. |
| reverse col 2' 1' | ...... |
| obverse col 1' 15 | ...... |
| reverse col 2' 3' | ... his right... they shall bring... |
| reverse col 2' 9' | ... um/kitta/adjoining the barley of the reed-house |
| obverse col 1' 18 | ... dead(?) |
| reverse col 2' 16' | If the right side of the 'finger' is split in front of you, the right side is split in front of the 'finger.' |
| obverse col 1' 14 | ... the brother(?)... may they not... and... may they not... |
| obverse col 1' 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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