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K 02340 (P394357)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 3. Manzāzu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02340 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394357 |
| 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 4' | ... the weapons are sahir. The prince in the assembly of his enemies. |
| reverse 11' | (If) a man is seized...: the prince will die in his land. |
| obverse 10' | ...... |
| obverse 11' | ........... |
| reverse 15' | ... and his cities... |
| obverse 9' | .............. |
| obverse 2' | ...... he went to the land |
| reverse 5' | ... it is favourable. |
| obverse 13' | ... you bind... and that... in the base of...... and its foundations will be firm. |
| obverse 7' | ... a man,...,.. and a..., |
| reverse 10' | ... night(s) of the god (and) the prince... |
| obverse 16' | ... he will take to the land of the prince. |
| reverse 13' | ... he will recover. Your troops will recover. |
| reverse 14' | ...... before |
| obverse 3' | ...... before...... the enemy will approach the king. |
| obverse 14' | ... and his foundations will not be firm. |
| reverse 1' | ... he will die.... |
| reverse 3' | ... the middle of the 'finger' is swollen and.... |
| reverse 8' | ... (If) a man is seized by a man in the middle of a man: (If) a man is seized by a man in the base of a man:... will fall. |
| reverse 4' | ......... |
| obverse 12' | ........ |
| obverse 1' | ... will come out |
| reverse 9' | ... white... of the god (and) the prince: the days of the prince will be long. The prince will restore his land. |
| reverse 12' | (If) he is stricken and he is stricken with a curse: he will die and he will be stricken with the prince and his sons; he will die with the god. |
| reverse 16' | ............ |
| obverse 15' | ... the prince will reach the highest rank for his land. |
| reverse 6' | (If) he is ill for nn years: he will die like a flood; and he will die. |
| reverse 2' | ...... will fall. |
| reverse 7' | .... you recite the incantation... like a sea and the night. |
| obverse 8' | ............ |
| obverse 5' | ... the weapons are smashed on the weapons; the prince will rule over the weapons. |
| reverse 17' | ... the day...... |
| obverse 6' | If the head of a man is swollen: the name of the prince's army will take away the name of good woman. |
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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