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K 02434 (P394431)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 8. Kakku; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02434 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394431 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 8. Kakku; 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 3 | ... is not favourable. The lower part is elevated. The right side is favourable. The left side is favourable. |
| obverse col 1 4 | The left side of the 'weapon'-mark is 'loose.' |
| obverse col 1 6 | If there is a good weapon on the right, as many as there will be, a 'foot'-mark in his dream. |
| reverse col 4 10' | ... of Nabû and(?) arru |
| reverse col 4 5' | Whoever erases my inscribed name, |
| obverse col 1 10 | ... and the feet which are located in its midst and are to be returned to the womb. |
| reverse col 4 3' | for the appearance of my kingship |
| obverse col 1 12 | (If) a Weapon on the right and on the right, on the right and on the right |
| reverse col 4 7' | May Nabû, scribe of all the lands, overthrow his hand. |
| obverse col 1 2 | If a Weapon is 15 as many as there are, |
| reverse col 4 9' | ... hands, not seen |
| reverse col 4 2' | I wrote, collated, and checked. |
| reverse col 4 8' | Hand of Hand-lifting |
| obverse col 1 8 | You smash his weapon like a weapon. |
| obverse col 1 7 | You tie. The left of the gall bladder is as if it were a 'weapon'-mark and the left side of the gall bladder is attached to the 'finger.' |
| obverse col 1 5 | (If) he sees a yellow-green...: he will not prosper. |
| obverse col 1 9 | If a Weapon-mark emerges from the left side of the Moon: the palace will come out of the 'finger.' |
| obverse col 1 11 | The upper part is elevated on the right and the top of the 'finger'. |
| reverse col 4 1' | That tablet is at the disposal of the army. |
| reverse col 4 6' | shall write his name upon it. |
| obverse col 1 1 | If there is a mole on the left side of the weapons, weapons and omens, in your presence, |
| reverse col 4 4' | in my palace he established. |
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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