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K 02255 (P394297)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02255 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394297 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 8' | ... there will be... : If there is a mole....... |
| obverse 14' | .................... |
| obverse 2' | ............ |
| obverse 10' | ... the wife of a man |
| obverse 4' | ... you recite... and... |
| reverse 1 | ... the king's army will not have a rival. : If a man's head is dark:.... |
| reverse 2 | If it afflicts the body of a man, he will stand there: he will die and.... |
| obverse 6' | ... you recite... and you recite... |
| obverse 13' | ... they become frightened, they are frightened, they are frightened, the right is frightened... |
| obverse 5' | ...... : If the right and left... |
| reverse 3 | If the 'well-being' rises on top of the 'finger': the 'finger' is as if it were a 'foot'-mark and.... |
| obverse 11' | ... may she be sated, may she be sated, may she be small... |
| reverse 4 | If ditto and there is a mole in the middle of the 'finger': the prince will die. |
| obverse 12' | ... they strewn..., they strew flesh,...,..., |
| obverse 7' | ... there will be... : If a pig....... |
| obverse 9' | ... the king of the land |
| obverse 3' | ... you recite... and.. |
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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