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K 02258 + K 03271 (P394300)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 3. Manzāzu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02258 + K 03271 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394300 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 3. Manzāzu |
| 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 24' | ... it is surrounded by a lunar halo, and it is white two-thirds of its gold. |
| obverse 1' | If the top of the'station' is split and a 'weapon'-mark is located inside it:.... |
| obverse 2' | If the middle of the 'finger' is split and there is a 'finger'-mark.... |
| reverse 9' | ... a diu-disease will fall and the nru-disease of the ox in the beginning of the month will fall. |
| obverse 5' | If the top of the'station' and the base of the'station' is split: attack of the enemy.... |
| obverse 3' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and it is located inside it:.... |
| reverse 11' | The 'cap' of the'station' is split and is red: Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 20' | ... two..... (and) two.... |
| obverse 4' | If the top of the'station' and the middle of the'station' is split.... |
| obverse 11' | There is a hole in the base of the'station'. |
| reverse 2' | ... he appoints... to the troops. His hands and feet will not be loosened. |
| reverse 21' | If.......... |
| obverse 7' | If the top of the'station' is split: an eclipse will take place. |
| obverse 9' | If a Perforation is located on the top of a man's head: there will be death. |
| reverse 10' | If... there is a mole and it is covered in redness: my army will enter the prince's land. |
| reverse 22' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | ... the prince will approach his enemy's land. |
| obverse 18' | If there is a mole on the... of the'station': death. |
| reverse 19' | If......... Adad will devastate. |
| obverse 10' | If there is a'station' in the middle of the'station' there are 'well-beings'. |
| reverse 12' | If... is surrounded by a dihu-disease and a famine of a god. |
| obverse 21' | ... the days of the prince will be long. |
| reverse 20' | If... you put... and......, |
| obverse 26' | ... two... his gold.... and he will kill him. |
| obverse 16' | If there is a mole on the top of the'station': 2 reeds will thrive. |
| reverse 7' | [...]..... |
| obverse 17' | If there is a mole on the top of a man: he will die. |
| reverse 18' | If... there is a dihu-demon and a nru-flour: my troops will... enemy troops. |
| obverse 19' | ... two.... supplications. |
| obverse 25' | ... and(?) it is red (and) twofold its gold he took, and he sank. |
| reverse 14' | The... of the 'weapon'-mark is split and is thick. The god will eat it in a ritual assemblage. |
| obverse 15' | If there are 2 omens in the top of the'station': the king will die. |
| obverse 8' | If there are a'station' on the top of the'station': dispersal of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 3' | ... he entrusted... to the troops. His body is swollen: he will recover. |
| reverse 6' | ... before my army you will seize my army. |
| reverse 13' | If... there is a dihu-disease and it is white like a cloud. |
| obverse 12' | There is a hole in the right of the'station'. |
| reverse 8' | ... after my army is killed, the enemy will kill me. |
| obverse 22' | ... eponymy of the day of the prince's end. |
| obverse 14' | There is a'station' on the right of the'station' and on the left of the'station'. |
| obverse 27' | ... plant(?) |
| obverse 6' | If the middle of the'station' and the base of the'station' is split: your terror and terror...... |
| reverse 5' | ... the land will go to the land of the prince. |
| obverse 13' | There is a'station' on the left of the'station.' |
| reverse 16' | If...... there is a dihu-disease and it is dark: the god will eat in the land. |
| reverse 15' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' and it is covered in beer and beer(?), Adad(?) will devastate in the land of the prince. |
| obverse 23' | .... he will die. Whoever enters the palace, |
| reverse 1' | ...... the troops will be killed. |
| reverse 17' | If... there is a dihu-disease: the mouth of Adad will devastate the land. |
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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